Our next program on Sunday, October 24th at 2pm, at the Plainfield Town Hall will look back at the lives of long-time Plainfield residents Sara and Ira Townsend and their many contributions to the town. On display will be some of the sculptures Ira made from recycled metal, a few of his Plainfield road signs, aerial photographs he took of the town from his home made plane, and other memorabilia. Their children, James and Patricia, will be on hand to share memories of their parents' accomplishments and many interests.
Please join us in sharing stories about this remarkable couple.
Chairs will be set up for social distancing and masks are required.
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The speaker at our meeting tomorrow 9/19 at 2pm at the Plainfield Town Hall is Thomas Hubka, author of the iconic book about NE barn architecture, "Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn."
At the meeting we will have a wonderful display featuring the scale model of Freeman Farm (on the southern end of 12A in Plainfield village--now Cassedy's). The model was made by Maxfield Parrish c. 1940 in preparation for his two paintings of the farm, and perfectly illustrates the connected farm buildings Hubka describes in his book.
Masks are required, and chairs will be set up to allow social distancing. Hope to see you there.
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On Sunday Sept. 19th at 2pm at the town hall, our meeting will feature a talk by Thomas Hubka, author of the iconic and award winning book about New England barns, "Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England". Hubka is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at U. of Wisconsin.
This is a NH Humanities to Go program. Masks are required and we will set up chairs to allow social distancing.
This program is a kickoff for our plan to inventory and document all of the historic barns in Plainfield over the next six months.
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One last Colby Hill view. This photo was taken 1865-1870.
It shows an early Cape on the site of the former Zea house--the first house on the right after you go through the covered bridge.
If you zoom into the picture you can see the woman and child posed on the front stoop, the man holding an ax in front of the barn, the hay stacked in the field, and the well to the right of the house. A new house was built in 1872, and this Cape dismantled.
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