Sunday, August 08, 2010
Tuttle Farm
With the eventual sale of the Tuttle farm in Dover, New Hampshire, the end will come for a remarkable tale of living history. The farm was first established in 1632 by John Tuttle, who arrived from England and, with a land grant from King Charles I, settled near the Maine-New Hampshire border. Eleven generations of family relatives have run the farm over the last 378 years. But the current owners, brother and sister Lucy and Will Tuttle, have decided to retire. Instead of turning the farm over to their children, whom they don’t want to saddle with the farm’s debts, the Tuttles have chosen to sell the land.
The asking price, for about 174 acres, is $3,350,000. In 2006, the farm was designated as conservation land, so it can’t be developed into condos or strip malls.
When the Tuttle farm is sold, the title of oldest family-owned farm will pass to the Shirley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia, which was established as a farm in 1638.
-Noel Brinkerhoff, David Wallechinsky
378 Years Later, Family Prepares to Leave Farm (by Kathy McCormack, Associated Press)
After Hundreds Of Years, N.H. Family Farm For Sale (by Michelle Norris, National Public Radio)
Tuttle Farm Property Listing (LandVest)
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