Marsh Stream Farm is a particularly picturesque property located in in rural Washington County. The seven domestic and agricultural buildings are clustered at the junction of Marsh Stream and the East Branch of the Little Kennebec River. Over 200 acres of pasture, meadow and woodlot surround the buildings and create the country setting that has been the backdrop of this farm?s industry and agriculture since 1817. The farm consists of a house, English barn, woodshed, carriage shed, tool shed, chicken house and outhouse as well as the remains of a bridge/dam and the site of a wharf, mill and store. Marsh Stream Farm was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a small historic district that possesses a significant concentration of sites and buildings united historically by plan and physical development. Specifically, this small district exhibits the characteristics of a nineteenth century salt-water farm and contains a set of historic buildings dating between 1817 and the early 20th century. The farm is also agriculturally significant. The farm operated continuously for approximately 186 years and for much of this time concentrated on raising sheep. Although sheep farming was common in eastern Maine in the later 19th century the practice was widely abandoned in the 20th century and few sheep farms with historic buildings are extant. Further illustrating the diversity of farm based economies, the property was also the site of a pre-Civil War lumber mill, store, dam, millpond and wharf.