The farms of Farmingville
Subtitle: a two-century story of twenty-three Ridgefield, Connecticut farmhouses and the people who gave them life
By: by Keith Marshall Jones III.
Publisher: Connecticut Colonel Pub. Co.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Ridgefield, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
Subjects: Farms -- Connecticut -- Ridgefield (Town) -- History -- 18th century.; Farms -- Connecticut -- Ridgefield (Town) -- History -- 19th century.; Architecture, Domestic -- Connecticut -- Ridgefield (Town); Architecture, Domestic -- Connecticut -- Ridgefield (Town); Ridgefield (Conn. : Town) -- History -- 18th century.; Ridgefield (Conn. : Town) -- History -- 19th century.; Ridgefield (Conn. : Town) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.; Ridgefield (Conn. : Town) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-494) and index.
Subtitle on cover: A two-century history of twenty-three Ridgefield, Connecticut farmhouses and the people who gave them life.
Table of contents: title: The lay of the land; title: The first families of Farmingville; title: How to build a colonial farmhouse; title: Daily life on the farm; title: A brief course in Connecticut domestic architecture; title: Houses of the colonial period; title: 18th century agricultural era houses; title: 19th century agricultural era houses; title: 19th century industrial age houses; title: Venturing off the farm; title: A necklace of stone; title: The last farmer of Farmingville.