Moses Farnum House
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The Moses Farnum House is an historic house located on Route 146A. in Uxbridge, Massachusetts
. On October 7, 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
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of Chockalog(Nipmuc "for dry fox place or burned place") at Uxbridge (then Mendon), Massachusetts Colony, on September 8, 1701, and died September 8, 1770.
He was a farmer in Uxbridge and Douglas.
Moses Farnum's descendent, EB Farnum, became Mayor of and was a pioneer at Deadwood, South Dakota
. Moses Farnum was a prominent landowner in the pre-Revolutionary War era of Colonial Massachusetts.
The site of the Moses Farnum farm and house became the site of a Quaker Meeting House, Friends Meetinghouse (Uxbridge, Massachusetts)
circa 1770. Quakers from Smithfield, Rhode Island
, abolitionists, with ties to Moses Brown
who founded Brown University
, and who were among the first in America to free slaves, settled here. Moses Farnum's father, John C. Farnum, Jr., who died in 1749 is also buried in the Quaker Cemetery at this site.
Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It was first settled in 1662, incorporated in 1727 at Suffolk County, and named for the Earl of Uxbridge. Uxbridge is south-southeast of Worcester, north-northwest of Providence, and southwest of Boston. It is part of...
. On October 7, 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
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National Register listing
- Farnum, Moses, House ** (added 1983 - Building - #83004118)
- MA 146, (now 146A) Uxbridge
- Historic Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering
- Architectural Style: Georgian
- Historic Person: Farnum, Moses, Jr.
- Significant Year: 1769
- Area of Significance: Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government
- Period of Significance: 1750-1799
- Owner: Private
- Historic Function: Domestic
- Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling
- Current Function: Domestic
- Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling
History
Moses Farnum was born, son of John C. Farnum, JrCoronet John Farnum, Jr., House
The Coronet John Farnum, Jr. House, built circa 1710, is one of the oldest homes in the historic Blackstone Valley town of Uxbridge, Massachusetts...
of Chockalog(Nipmuc "for dry fox place or burned place") at Uxbridge (then Mendon), Massachusetts Colony, on September 8, 1701, and died September 8, 1770.
He was a farmer in Uxbridge and Douglas.
Moses Farnum's descendent, EB Farnum, became Mayor of and was a pioneer at Deadwood, South Dakota
Deadwood, South Dakota
Deadwood is a city in South Dakota, United States, and the county seat of Lawrence County. It is named for the dead trees found in its gulch. The population was 1,270 according to a 2010 census...
. Moses Farnum was a prominent landowner in the pre-Revolutionary War era of Colonial Massachusetts.
The site of the Moses Farnum farm and house became the site of a Quaker Meeting House, Friends Meetinghouse (Uxbridge, Massachusetts)
Friends Meetinghouse (Uxbridge, Massachusetts)
The ' is an historic Friends Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends located at the junction of Routes 146A and 98 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. On January 24, 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.-History:The Friends Meeting House is one of the last crude brick...
circa 1770. Quakers from Smithfield, Rhode Island
Smithfield, Rhode Island
Smithfield is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. It includes the historic villages of Esmond, Georgiaville, Mountaindale, Hanton City, Stillwater and Greenville...
, abolitionists, with ties to Moses Brown
Moses Brown
Moses Brown was a co-founder of Brown University and a New England abolitionist and industrialist, who funded the design and construction of some of the first factory houses for spinning machines during the American industrial revolution, including Slater Mill.-Early life:Brown was the son of...
who founded Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, and who were among the first in America to free slaves, settled here. Moses Farnum's father, John C. Farnum, Jr., who died in 1749 is also buried in the Quaker Cemetery at this site.