Rivercroft Farm, Fryeburg, c. 1834-1958

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Criterion A: AgricultureCriterion C: Architecture

Rivercroft Farm is an extensive agricultural complex with a long history. Home to seven generations of the Weston family, the farm was established in the early nineteenth century. The property contains three residences, two major barns and twelve other agricultural structures erected from the 1830s through the 1980s, all set on over 185 acres of fertile land on the east and west banks of the Saco River. Notable among these buildings is the Second Empire style John Weston House, designed by Portland architect Francis H. Fassett, which replaced the family?s Federal-era home by 1873. Currently a produce farm, the Weston family?s agricultural history has included general farming, cattle trading and dairy production, as well as lumber and forest products. Rivercroft was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its agricultural significance and for the architectural distinction of the John Weston House.