John Harris House and Farm

John Harris House and Farm
The pond behind the farm stand and greenhouses
Location Brookline and Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°18′16″N 71°8′19″W / 42.30444°N 71.13861°WCoordinates: 42°18′16″N 71°8′19″W / 42.30444°N 71.13861°W
Area 105 acres (42 ha)
Architect Unknown
Architectural style No Style Listed
Governing body Private
MPS Brookline MRA
NRHP Reference # 85003246[1]
Added to NRHP October 17, 1985

The John Harris House and Farm is an historic farm at 284 Newton Street in Brookline and Boston, Massachusetts. The main farm house, well back from the road, was built c. 1778, and was extensively remodelled in 1976; it is one of Brookline's few 18th-century houses, and the centerpiece of the last working farm in both Boston and Brookline, known now as Allandale Farm. A number of older (mainly 19th-century) outbuildings survive on the property, most of which are no longer used for agricultural purposes. The farm was for some time part of the adjacent Brandegee Estate, with the farmhouse serving as the caretaker's house.[2]

The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for John Harris House and Farm". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-15.

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