Little living room
After the farm was sold in 1812, it was used as an income property for nearly forty years. It was rented to many tenants, and sometimes multiple farmers rented portions of the building and land. In 1851, Edward Little, a descendant of early settlers of Newbury, leased the entire farm. By 1861, his hard work and shrewd business investments made it possible for him to purchase the farm outright. Edward Little moved his wife and four children into the main house and made decorative changes to the house to update it for his middle-class Victorian family. A window was added in the front room, the doors were grain-pained, and rugs were installed.
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