Purinton Family Farm, Topsham

Name: Purinton Family Farm
Address: Topsham, United States

#6 among attractions in Topsham

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The Purinton Family Farm is a historic farmstead at 65 Elm Street in Topsham, Maine. Including three buildings dating to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, it is a rare surviving example in the state of an early 19th-century unconnected farm complex. The property also includes the archaeological remains of an earlier settler's house, as well as prehistoric artifacts. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. ()

Built: 1810 (214 years ago)Coordinates: 43°55'27"N, 69°57'5"W

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Topsham United States

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Purinton Family Farm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Pejepscot Historical Society.

1.3 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Brunswick
33 min walk • The Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum is a museum located in Hubbard Hall at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Named after Arctic explorers and Bowdoin College graduates Robert E. Peary and Donald B. MacMillan, it is the only museum in the lower 48 states of the United States dedicated completely to Arctic Studies.
1.1 miSW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum, Brunswick
29 min walk • The Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum was the home of American Civil War general, Bowdoin College president, and Maine Governor Joshua L. Chamberlain for over 50 years.
1.3 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick
33 min walk • The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is an art museum located in Brunswick, Maine. Included on the National Register of Historic Places, the museum is located in a building on the campus of Bowdoin College designed by the architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White.
0.9 miSW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Pejepscot Historical Society, Brunswick
23 min walk • The Pejepscot Historical Society, located in Brunswick, is one of the oldest historical societies in the state of Maine. Founded in 1888, the Society's mission is to preserve and celebrate the history of the Pejepscot region, which includes the towns of Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham.
1.3 miSW
Universities and schools
Bowdoin College, Brunswick
33 min walk • Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. At the time Bowdoin was chartered, in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
0.9 miSW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Skolfield–Whittier House, Brunswick
24 min walk • The Skolfield–Whittier House is a Victorian museum of the Pejepscot Historical Society, located at 161 Park Row in Brunswick, Maine. It is often referred to as a "time capsule" because it has been virtually untouched since the Victorian era.
1.2 miSW
Bridge
Androscoggin Swinging Bridge, Brunswick
30 min walk • The Swinging Bridge is a pedestrian suspension bridge spanning the Androscoggin River between the Topsham Heights neighborhood of Topsham, Maine and neighboring Brunswick. It was built in 1892 for workers working at the Cabot Mill in Brunswick.
1.1 miSW
Sacred and religious sites, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Parish Church, Brunswick
28 min walk • The First Parish Church is an Open and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ. The church meetinghouse sits at 207 Maine Street in Brunswick, Maine.
1.1 miSW
Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brunswick
29 min walk • St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a historic church at 27 Pleasant Street in Brunswick, Maine. Built in 1845, it is a distinctive early example of a modest Carpenter Gothic design by Richard Upjohn, then already well known for his larger-scale Gothic churches.
0.9 miSW
Historical place
Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Brunswick
23 min walk • The Harriet Beecher Stowe House is a historic home and National Historic Landmark at 63 Federal Street in Brunswick, Maine, notable as a short-term home of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Calvin Ellis Stowe and where Harriet wrote her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
0.6 miW
43°55'27"N • 69°57'49"W
Maine Fiberarts, Topsham
16 min walk • Visitor center, Museum

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Which popular attractions are close to Purinton Family Farm?

Nearby attractions include Topsham Historic District, Topsham (14 min walk), Maine Fiberarts, Topsham (16 min walk), Pejepscot Historical Society, Brunswick (23 min walk), Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Brunswick (23 min walk).