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  2. Brook Farm - Wikipedia

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    At Brook Farm, as in other communities, physical labor was perceived as a condition of mental well-being and health. Brook Farm was one of at least 80 communal experiments active in the United States in the 1840s, though it was the first to be secular. [10] Ripley believed his experiment would be a model for the rest of society.

  3. Brook Farm (Cavendish, Vermont) - Wikipedia

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    Most of the farm buildings are arrayed along a basically semicircular drive, with the house, horse stable, and cow barn dominating the collection of about ten buildings. The main house is a rectangular 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story wood-frame structure, set on a stone foundation, with extensions in the shape of a backwards L on the west side.

  4. West Roxbury Education Complex - Wikipedia

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    The School was located on a 14 acre site near the 19th Century site of Brook Farm, and in the watershed of the upper Charles River. The school was designed by architects Antonio DeCastro and Samuel Glaser. It was built by The Jackson Construction Company of Dedham.

  5. Aaron Jr. and Susan Parker Farm - Wikipedia

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    The Parker Farm is located in a rural area of central northern Cavendish, on the west side of Brook Road about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of its junction with Atkinson and Center Roads. The farm's remaining 16 acres (6.5 ha) are roughly divided in half by the road, with a woodlot on the east side of the road, and a mown meadow and the farm ...

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  7. Brook Farm (Skaneateles, New York) - Wikipedia

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    Brook Farm overlooks Skaneateles Lake and was built in 1902. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1] It includes Colonial Revival style ...

  8. Brookville, New York - Wikipedia

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    For most of the 19th century, the village was called Tappentown after a prominent family. Brookville became the preferred name after the Civil War and was used on 1873 maps. [4] [5] Brookville's two centuries as a farm and woodland backwater changed quickly in the early 20th century as wealthy New Yorkers built lavish mansions in the area.

  9. Parker Hill Rural Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Parker Hill area is broadly defined by Parker Hill Road to the west and Obrien and Lower Parker Hill Roads to the east, which run from the Williams River in Rockingham, north to Seavers Brook, a tributary of the Black River. Parker Hill Road traverses a ridge that rises several hundred feet above the valley floor of the Williams River.