Hartwell Farm | |
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![]() The restaurant in the 1960s | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | April 19, 1925 |
Closed | 1968 |
Previous owner(s) | Marion A. Fitch Jane Hamilton Poor |
Street address | Virginia Road |
City | Lincoln |
County | Middlesex County |
State | Massachusetts |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 42°27′10″N 71°17′28″W / 42.4527°N 71.2910°W |
Hartwell Farm was a restaurant in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1925 by Marion Abbie Fitch,[1] a Boston schoolteacher, and Jane Hamilton Poor, an architect,[2][3] it occupied the 1733-built Samuel Hartwell House, on Virginia Road in today's Minute Man National Historical Park, until 1968.[4] The building was destroyed by fire in 1973, and all that remains is its central chimney stack.[3]
The restaurant's name preserved that of the property owned by Samuel Hartwell (1742–1829).[3][5]
Recipes from the restaurant have been published in several books, including Adventures in Good Eating (1940s and 1950s), Mrs. Appleyard's Kitchen (1974),[6] The Great American Cookbook (2011) and Adventures in Good Cooking (2014).[7][8][9] It was described as serving "country fare."[10]
The dining table of the restaurant, which served luncheon and dinner, was placed in a "moon" arrangement so as not to have the guests sitting uncomfortably close to the fireplace.[11]
Poor died of edema in October 1961.[12]
In 1974, Fitch published Hartwell Farm – A Way of Life, a book which documented the running of the property, including the introduction of running water.[12]