Wheeler Farm

Wheeler Farm
Wheeler Farm is located in Massachusetts
Wheeler Farm
Location in Massachusetts
Town/CityLincoln
StateMassachusetts
CountryUnited States
Coordinates42°25′39″N 71°18′05″W / 42.42739°N 71.30144°W / 42.42739; -71.30144 (Wheeler Farm)
OwnerRural Land Foundation (since 1965)
Area54 acres (220,000 m2)

Wheeler Farm is a historic farm in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States. Settled in 1717, it was farmed for almost 250 years. Covering 54 acres (22 ha), it is now owned by the Rural Land Foundation (RLF), which was formed in 1965, after the property was placed on the market.[1]

History

The 1965 sale of the property is believed to have been the first limited-development strategy of conversation planning in the country,[2] in that the eleven private-home lots are clustered to ensure the maximum amount of land can be protected.[1]

Abner, Benjamin and Eliphalet lived at the firm in the 18th century.[3] Stephen Buttrick (1772–1828), son of John,[4] lived at the farm in the 19th century.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Wheeler Farm / Cemetery / Flint Fields". Lincoln Land Conservation Trust and Rural Land Foundation. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  2. ^ Land Trusts' Exchange. Land Trust Exchange. 1987. p. 4.
  3. ^ Parr, James L.; Swope, Kevin A. (2009-02-01). Framingham Legends & Lore. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62584-263-3.
  4. ^ Cutter, William Richard (1908). Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. Lewis historical publishing Company. p. 1915.
  5. ^ Temple, Josiah Howard (1887). History of Framingham, Massachusetts: Early Known as Danforth's Farms, 1640-1880; with a Genealogical Register. town of Framingham. p. 495. ISBN 978-0-7884-2842-5.