Dublin Core
Identifier
2018-086
Title
Pease Lower farm, later Burr-Glidden farm, Denworth farm, Huntington Road, Worthington Center
Subject
Houses and Barns
Description
Sepia postcard from sample book of Herbert Berniss Thrasher (1884-1927), photographer. Titled: ‘H.D. Pease, Lower Farmhouse. Worthington, Mass.‘. (#17). Thrasher was the son of George M. and Hattie Lyman Thrasher. Guy Thrasher was his brother. The sample book was produced during the 1920s when H. B. Thrasher was living and working in Florida. The images are undated but are probably quite a bit earlier, ca. 1910-1915 or so.
From 'Forty Houses': 'In 1825, Ames Burr (1793-1875), son of pioneer tanner Israel, bought this farm with his bride, Relief Eager (1804-1874), granddaughter of pioneer Nahum. It was they who built the present gambrel-roofed Federal style house.. . .They raised eleven children here.
Ames’s heirs sold the farm in 1878 to one of their number, son Heman. He, in turn, sold it to Joseph Dolby for $2,900 in 1882. Five years later, Dolby sold the place to Isaac and Fannie Thrasher of South Worthington, who retired here on the 140-acre farm until selling it to Fannie Bieke of Hatfield in 1909. That same year Fannie sold it to Edith Newton of New York City. Harry Pease, son of New York piano manufacturer, was the next owner. He sold it after World War I to Nathaniel Glidden, Wall Street broker. It was Glidden who restored the distinctive farmhouse to its present approximate appearance, and added an office and tennis court. He may also have been the one who
added the front shed dormer with its three sets of paired windows. The gable ends have fan lights, a
rarity in Worthington.'
From 'Forty Houses': 'In 1825, Ames Burr (1793-1875), son of pioneer tanner Israel, bought this farm with his bride, Relief Eager (1804-1874), granddaughter of pioneer Nahum. It was they who built the present gambrel-roofed Federal style house.. . .They raised eleven children here.
Ames’s heirs sold the farm in 1878 to one of their number, son Heman. He, in turn, sold it to Joseph Dolby for $2,900 in 1882. Five years later, Dolby sold the place to Isaac and Fannie Thrasher of South Worthington, who retired here on the 140-acre farm until selling it to Fannie Bieke of Hatfield in 1909. That same year Fannie sold it to Edith Newton of New York City. Harry Pease, son of New York piano manufacturer, was the next owner. He sold it after World War I to Nathaniel Glidden, Wall Street broker. It was Glidden who restored the distinctive farmhouse to its present approximate appearance, and added an office and tennis court. He may also have been the one who
added the front shed dormer with its three sets of paired windows. The gable ends have fan lights, a
rarity in Worthington.'
Type
Still Image
Format
8.9 x 14.0 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in)
Creator
Herbert B. Thrasher
Date
ca. 1915
Publisher
Sample book postcards donated in 2018 by Barbara Batura and Marjorie Candiano, H. B. Thrasher's grand-nieces. They received it from their brother, Roy. E. Johnson Jr.
Date Available
2018-12-22
Is Part Of
Box 09
Medium
Paper
Coverage
Worthington - Worthington Center
Mediator
db, item created 12/22/2018
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Still Image - Black and White Postcard
Physical Dimensions
8.9 x 14 cm
Comments