Todd Farm (North Smithfield, Rhode Island) Explained

Todd Farm
Area:15acres
Built:1740
Added:February 10, 1983
Refnum:83000004

The Todd Farm (also known as the Smith-Andrews-Taft-Todd Farm) is an historic farm at 670 Farnum Pike (Greenville Road) in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, US. The farm includes a house dating to 1740, as well as a collection of outbuildings dating to the early 20th century. The main block of the house is a -story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a gable roof and a large central chimney. The main block has been added to numerous times, with full-size additions to both sides as well as a sloping addition to the rear, giving the house a saltbox appearance in the rear and a total width of 11 bays. Behind and beside the house are arrayed a number of small outbuildings, and a barn which has been converted into residential space. The house was probably built by Noah Smith around 1740, around the time he established a sawmill on Cherry Brook, which runs behind the house and is dammed to form Todd Pond.[1]

The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Todd Farm. Rhode Island Preservation. 2014-11-13.