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About the Historic Metcalf-Franklin Farm
The Historic Metcalf-Franklin Farm was the last working and complete dairy farm in Cumberland, RI. Its agriculture and architecture demonstrate the developmental history of Abbott Run Valley from the early 1800s to the early 2000s. In 1994 and 2005, the Town of Cumberland purchased the intact 65 acres farm. With the help from the HMFFPA, preservation and restoration is on going.
For over 220 years, this land has been farmed..... The farm has had only two family owners, the Metcalfs and the Franklins . The Metcalf family is one of the oldest families of New England arriving in 1637 to escape religious persecution. In 1776, Liberty Metcalf was born in Cumberland, RI and purchased the farm land, in its entirety in 1809 from his father, Ebeneezor Metcalf. He and his family were subsistence farmers. In 1857, William Franklin purchased and began diversifying the farm by expanding the b
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