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Drumlin Farm

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Red Barn for cattle at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary of Audubon Society in Lincoln Massachusetts
Red Barn for cattle at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary of Audubon Society in Lincoln Massachusetts

Drumlin Farm is a 291 acre farm and wildlife sanctuary which is also the site of the headquarters of the Massachusetts Audubon Society. It is located at 208 South Great Road (Route 117) in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Drumlin Farm is a working farm with animals and sustainably grown crops. The sanctuary has trails through "field, forest, and wetland habitat." The sanctuary was founded in 1956 when Louise Ayer Hatheway of Lowell bequeathed her estate to the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Hatheway had founded the farm years earlier as a country retreat when she bought up several smaller farms and constructed a tunnel under Route 117 to connect her house, Gordon Hall, with the farmlands. Gordon Hall currently serves as the Massachusetts Audubon Society Headquarters. The farm offers educational programs for children and adults, as well as a summer camp and an annual sheep-shearing festival.

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South Great Road
01733
Massachusetts, United States
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Red Barn for cattle at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary of Audubon Society in Lincoln Massachusetts
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Codman House
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The Codman House (also known as The Grange) is a historic house set on a 16-acre (6.5 ha) estate at 36 Codman Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Thanks to a gift by Dorothy Codman, it has been owned by Historic New England since 1969 and is open to the public June 1–October 15 on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. An admission fee is charged. The main house was originally Georgian in style and was built in approximately 1735 by Chambers Russell, the de facto founder of Lincoln, Massachusetts. It was enlarged in the 1790s to its current three-story Federal style by John Codman, brother-in-law of Chambers Russell III and executor of his estate. This was perhaps with some involvement of noted American architect Charles Bulfinch. The interior is extensively furnished with portraits, memorabilia, and art works collected in Europe. Various rooms preserve the decorative schemes of every era, including those of noted interior designer Ogden Codman, Jr. The former carriage house, built c. 1870 to a design by Snell & Gregerson, is also located on the property. Until the 1980s, it was original to its use as a stable and an early auto garage and contained many artifacts of both. A few of those artifacts continue to be on display in the carriage house including an early gas pump and a large machine powered lathe. The grounds have been farmed almost continuously since 1735 and now also include an Italian garden, circa 1899, with perennial beds, statuary, and a reflecting pool filled with waterlilies, as well as an English cottage garden, circa 1930. The Codman Estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places as "The Grange" in 1974.