Persia Beal House
Description and history
The Persia Beal House stands in a rural setting west of the center of Harrisville, on the north side of Chesham Road between Nelson and Aldworth Manor roads. It is a connected farmstead, with a 1½-story Cape on the right end, a two-story ell joining it to a three-story barn, and a single-story ell extending further to the left from the rear of the barn. The Cape section has a gabled wall dormer with three sash windows above a five-bay facade. The main entrance is at the center of that facade, sheltered by a gabled Victorian-era porch. There are secondary entrances in the ell and the barn, which have been adapted to serve hospitality functions. The barn is one of the largest 19th-century barns in the town.
The house was built about 1842 by Persia Beal, a farmer. In 1905 his farm was purchased by Arthur E. Childs, a businessman from Worcester, Massachusetts. Childs used the house as quarters for the caretaker of his summer estate, Aldworth Manor, which occupied the lands north and west of this property, and used its farmland as the estate farm. The property was sold by Childs in the 1930s.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Persia Beal House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-03-26.