Joy Farm
Also known as: e e cummings HouseJoy Farm Rd., Silver Lake, New Hampshire
Map
Coordinates:
+43.91632, -71.1849643°54'59" N, 71°11'06" W
Description
This white clapboard farmhouse is associated with one of the most innovative poets of the 20th century, e.e. cummings. From 1923 until his death, "Joy Farm", set in an unspoiled rolling, wooded countryside, was the summer home of Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962). -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, November 11, 1971
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 11, 1971
- Reference number
- 71000048
- Area of significance
- Literature
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- B - Person
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Single dwelling
- Current function
- Single dwelling
- Periods of significance
- 1950-1974; 1900-1924; 1925-1949
- Significant years
- 1923; 1962
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 3
Contributing structures: 1
Update Log
- February 19, 2015: Updated by Brian Bartlett: corrected coordinates