Hartwell Farm
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Jane Hamilton Poor
| Hartwell Farm | |
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 The restaurant in the 1960s | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1925 |
| Closed | February 1968 |
| Previous owner(s) | Marion A. Fitch Jane Hamilton Poor |
| Location | Virginia Road, Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°27′10″N 71°17′28″W / 42.4527°N 71.2910°W |
Hartwell Farm was a restaurant in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1925 by Marion Abbie Fitch,[1] a Boston schoolteacher, and Jane Hamilton Poor, an architect,[2][3] it occupied the 1733-built Samuel Hartwell House, on Virginia Road in today's Minute Man National Historical Park.[4] The building was destroyed by fire in February 1968,[5] and all that remains is its central chimney stack.[3]
The restaurant's name preserved that of the property owned by Samuel Hartwell (1742–1829).[3][6]
Recipes from the restaurant have been published in several books, including Adventures in Good Eating (1940s and 1950s), Mrs. Appleyard's Kitchen (1974),[7] The Great American Cookbook (2011) and Adventures in Good Cooking (2014).[8][9][10] It was described as serving "country fare."[11]
The dining table of the restaurant, which served the same 25 luncheon and dinner options each day,[5] was placed in a "moon" arrangement so as not to have the guests sitting uncomfortably close to the fireplace.[12]
Poor died of edema in October 1961.[13] Thirteen years later, Fitch published Hartwell Farm – A Way of Life, a book which documented the running of the property, including the introduction of running water.[13]
