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greatest extent, the farm in the 1850s consisted of more than 68 acres (28 ha) of land, and it is during the 1860s that the house was enlarged. The barns were added in the 1890s, one of them built with materials salvaged from a nearby older barn. In the 20th century the farm was primarily as a dairy operation.
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The Mortland Family Farm is located in rural inland Searsport, on the east side of Mortland Road. Surviving elements of the farmstead include the 1834 Greek Revival stone Cape style farmhouse, two 19th-century barns, and wood-frame ells joining the elements. A modern (1950s) dairy shed is attached
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The property was first settled in the 1820s by the family of Samuel Mortland, an Irish immigrant, who at first lived in a crude log structure. In 1834 he built the surviving rubblestone Cape. The property was owned by five generations of Mortlands, and was sold out of the family in 1985. At its
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to one of the barns, and the 16.3-acre (6.6 ha) also includes a cellar hole believed to be the site of the first house on the property. The property includes two meadows, formerly in agricultural use, and a remnant apple orchard.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Mortland Family Farm is located in Maine
Mortland Family Farm is located in the United States
Searsport, Maine
44°28′38″N 68°55′21″W / 44.47722°N 68.92250°W / 44.47722; -68.92250
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Searsport, Maine
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places listings in Waldo County, Maine


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