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Know this place well! R.T PEABODY FARM AT PORTER SETTLEMENT IN HOULTON . BARN IS 1920 VINTAGE. jAMES S PEABODY PURCHASED ON BOB' DEATH IN THE EARLY FIFTYS AND I SPENT MANY HOURS HERE WORKING ON
MANY MANY PROJECTS FROM MILKING TO REPAIRING. DWELLING ON NORTH WAS TORN DOWN AFTER TAXES BECAME TOO MUCH. MANY FAMILIES LIVED HERE, MONROES, NASONS, SAWYERS COME TO MIND. BUILDING WEST
WAS THE ORIGINAL HEN HOUSE. REPLACED WITH NEW AT SOME POINT, BUT GONE NOW. LITTLE BARN(workshop)
WAS CONVERTED TO HORSE BARN IN LATE SIXTIES. CONVERTED IN 2000 TO RENTAL APARTMENT. BIG BARN STILL STANDING AND IN NEED OF CONSTANT REPAIR. COULD WRITE A SHORT STORY.................................

JIM PEABODY
01/17/2015
Know this place well! R.T PEABODY FARM AT PORTER SETTLEMENT IN HOULTON . BARN IS 1920 VINTAGE. jAMES S PEABODY PURCHASED ON BOB' DEATH IN THE EARLY FIFTYS AND I SPENT MANY HOURS HERE WORKING ON
MANY MANY PROJECTS FROM MILKING TO REPAIRING. DWELLING ON NORTH WAS TORN DOWN AFTER TAXES BECAME TOO MUCH. MANY FAMILIES LIVED HERE, MONROES, NASONS, SAWYERS COME TO MIND. BUILDING WEST
WAS THE ORIGINAL HEN HOUSE. REPLACED WITH NEW AT SOME POINT, BUT GONE NOW. LITTLE BARN(workshop)
WAS CONVERTED TO HORSE BARN IN LATE SIXTIES. CONVERTED IN 2000 TO RENTAL APARTMENT. BIG BARN STILL STANDING AND IN NEED OF CONSTANT REPAIR. COULD WRITE A SHORT STORY....

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