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Forest Road, Greenfield, New Hampshire

  When this New Hampshire farmhouse was built in 1888, the town's main thoroughfare, Forest Road, was still just a cleared pathway through the trees.  { source } Once the road was wide enough, a man named Philip Fletcher set a record for making more journeys to Boston with his oxen than all the other men in town. (Pretty impressive, since it's a full days walk.) I believe this house was built by someone in the Fletcher family. There have been Fletchers in Greenfield since the mid 1700's. There still is a forest full of Fletchers in the area. According to that same 1885 record, "most of the settlers lived in log cabins a short time, and then built framed dwellings. Their houses and barns were usually separated by a garden or small field." "The all-important room in the house was the large, long, low kitchen, usually facing north." It still is the most important room. The realtor led the listing with it, because this one is brand new and beautiful. It has

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