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Parker-Hutchinson Farm
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| Location: | Parker Bridge Rd., Coventry, Connecticut |
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| Area: | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Built: | 1850 |
| Architectural style: | "Cape" farmhouse |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 82004386[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | April 29, 1982 |
The Parker-Hutchinson Farm is a property on Parker Bridge Road in Coventry, Connecticut, in Tolland County. It includes the Samuel Parker House which dates from 1850. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The listing included an 8-acre (3.2 ha) area with a "Cape" farmhouse, three other contributing buildings, and one other contributing structure.[1][2]
The significance of the property is not for the architecture of its farmhouse, but rather as "an unusually intact site of several cottage industries associated with the development of Tolland County, Connecticut, as a major center of fiber and wool production.... The farm was "the site of small-scale production of both raw and finished materials, including flax, wool, cider, hats, barrels, and carpets for local mills and markets. The farmhouse itself is architecturally characteristic of eastern Connecticut dwellings built during the 18th century, and remains unusually intact both in its physical fabric and 19th-century farm setting.""[2]:6
Outbuildings on the property include a horse barn, a sheep barn, and a shed, and there also are foundations of former buildings.[2]
Historic function: domestic; industry/processing/extraction; agriculture/subsistence Historic subfunction: single dwelling; animal facility; manufacturing facility
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