Clark or Porter House, Farmington
DraftsmanDrawn by
Edwin Whitefield
American, 1816 - 1892
Datebefore 1882
MediumDrawing; pencil and watercolor on lined notebook paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (10.5 x 16.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (10.5 x 16.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (10.5 x 16.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionA house one-room deep with a center chimney and double overhang, is surrounded by a grassy lawn. There are four pendants at level of first overhang. The house seems to have several clapboards loose and falling from the second story. A young tree is to the right of the house; a rail fence is at the left. A dirt road runs in front of the house.
Object number1964.8.2
InscribedOn recto, in pencil, "The Clark or Porter House" "Farmington" "On High St. Recently pulled / down"; in black ink, "Clark or Porter House" "On High St / Recently pulled down" "Farmington"On verso, in pencil, "See Mr. Sims Grover / under City Hall / about this / Hen. C. Robinson / Marble Block / south side of New Post Office Building" "Go the Assessors Office"; in black ink, "See Mr. Sims Grover (Marble Block) south side of P.O. Building"; lower center, in pencil, "8-1864-2"NotesDate Note: The drawing was reproduced as a tinted lithograph in Whitefield's book, Homes of our Forefathers, in 1882. In the accompanying text, it is stated that the house was pulled down in 1880. (Finlay 11/30/2013)
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