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The district encompasses 11 contributing components and three non-contributing components. The centerpiece of the district is the Farmington Friends Meetinghouse, an Orthodox Quaker meetinghouse built in 1876, with a commemorative tablet marking the sites of meetinghouses built in 1796 and 1804, but later demolished. Also in the district is an ...
Peaking at 75% black in the mid-1970s after five previous decades of the Great Migration increased the black population five-fold, DC is 46–49% black in 2018. DC remains the largest African-American percentage population of any state or territory in the mainland US.
Farmington was founded in 1824 by Arthur Power. Like many Oakland County pioneers, he hailed from the state of New York. Power was a Quaker, as were the settlers who joined him, and the town was first known as Quakertown. In 1826 the name Farmington was officially chosen because it was the name of Power's hometown, Farmington, New York. [6]
The first phase of Farmington's long-awaited Piñon Hills Boulevard extension project is expected to be finished two years after its March start date.
The district includes some significant buildings in Farmington: [2] Governor Fred M. Warner House, a symmetric, block shaped house with a low hipped roof topped by a cupola, built in 1867. The Masonic Lodge (formerly Township Hall), a two-story building with towers, corbels, arched doorways and a mansard roof in patterned slate, completed in 1876.
Notable contributing resources include the Farmington Community Cemetery (1881), Wiseman-Kennen House (1873), Dr. Lester P. and Helen Bahnson Martin House (1936, 1987), Williard Garage (1920s), Francis Marion Johnson Store (1873, 1922), Charles F. and Jane A. Bahnson House (c. 1878), Jarvis-Horne Store (c. 1870, 1910, 1940), Brock Marker (c ...
Farmington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Davie County, North Carolina, United States, [2] located at the intersection of NC 801 and Farmington Road (SR 1410). It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 291. [3] Located nearby is the Farmington Dragway. [4] An image of Farmington in ...
The Farmington Historic District encompasses a 275-acre (111 ha) area of the town center of Farmington, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The area roughly corresponds to the section of Route 10 between Route 4 and U.S. Route 6, and includes 115 buildings, primarily residences, built before 1835.