Jenness Farm
historic house in New Hampshire, United States
The Jenness Farm is a historic farm property at 626 Pickering Road in Rochester, New Hampshire. It consists of about 190 acres (77 ha) in Rochester and adjacent Dover, and has been in continuous ownership by the Jenness family since 1837. It was, at the time of its 2001 listing on the National Register of Historic Places, one of just ten farms in the city with intact land and buildings.
Description and history
The Jenness Farm is located on the northeast side of Pickering Road in southernmost Rochester and northwestern Dover. Most of its 192 acres (78 ha) are located in Dover, with the farmstead complex located in Rochester, south of Shady Hill Drive. About 3/4 of the farm acreage is east of Pickering Road, with the balance to its west. The main house is a Colonial Revival structure built in 1935, replacing a c. 1890s farmhouse that burned in 1934. It is oriented facing south, with a rear ell joining it to a barn of similar vintage.
The land that now makes up Jenness Farm was acquired in 1837 by Cyrus Jenness, and is substantially all of the land he acquired.
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