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Hartwell Farm

Hartwell Farm

Restaurant in Massachusetts, United States

Hartwell Farm was a restaurant in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1925 by Marion Abbie Fitch,[1] a Boston schoolteacher, and Jane Hamilton Poor, an architect,[2][3] it occupied the 1733-built Samuel Hartwell House, on Virginia Road in today's Minute Man National Historical Park, until 1968.[4] The building was destroyed by fire in 1973, and all that remains is its central chimney stack.[3]

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The restaurant's name preserved that of the property owned by Samuel Hartwell (1742–1829).[3][5]

Recipes from the restaurant have been published in several books, including Adventures in Good Eating (1940s and 1950s), Mrs. Appleyard's Kitchen (1974),[6] The Great American Cookbook (2011) and Adventures in Good Cooking (2014).[7][8][9] It was described as serving "country fare."[10]

The dining table of the restaurant, which served luncheon and dinner, was placed in a "moon" arrangement so as not to have the guests sitting uncomfortably close to the fireplace.[11]

Poor died of edema in October 1961.[12]

In 1974, Fitch published Hartwell Farm – A Way of Life, a book which documented the running of the property, including the introduction of running water.[12]

Dining table

  • The dining room's "moon" table

Building remains

  • The remnants of the building
  • Chimney and hearth

References

  1. [1]
    Documents of the School Committee of the City of Boston. 1923. p. 16.
  2. [2]
    The Great American Cookbook, Clementine Paddleford (2011)
  3. [3]
    Lincoln – Lincoln Historical Society (2003) ISBN 9780738511467
  4. [4]
    Polumbaum, Judy (2021). All Available Light: The Life and Legacy of Photographer Ted Polumbaum. p. 68. ISBN 9781476686608.
  5. [5]
    Yankee (1956), volume 21, p. 63
  6. [6]
    Kent, Louise Andrews (1974). Mrs. Appleyard's Kitchen. Keats Publishing. p. 262. ISBN 9780879830922.
  7. [7]
    Paddleford, Clementine (2011-10-11). The Great American Cookbook: 500 Time-Testes Recipes: Favorite Food from Every State. Rizzoli Publications. ISBN 978-0-8478-3747-2.
  8. [8]
    Hines, Duncan (2014-03-27). Adventures in Good Cooking. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-4470-2.
  9. [9]
    Adventures in Good Eating. Adventures in Good Eating, Incorporated. 1943.
  10. [10]
    Polumbaum, Judy (2021). All Available Light: The Life and Legacy of Photographer Ted Polumbaum. McFarland. p. 63. ISBN 9781476686608.
  11. [11]
    Chamberlain, Narcissa G. (1953). Old Rooms for New Living: Being a Collection of Early American Interiors, Authentic in Design, Various in Period, and Suitable for Today's Living; this is a Treasury of Tradition for the Home Decorator. Hastings House. p. 54. ISBN 9780803853461.
  12. [12]
    Fitch, Marion (1974). Hartwell Farm - A Way of Life. George H. Jacques, Inc.
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