The Whitney Farm is a moderately sized farm of 206 acres in Appleton and Searsmont, Maine with a long history of agricultural use. Established circa 1825 by John Tole, the house, ell, barn and shed, poultry houses, cooper shop, corn crib and ice house have worked in concert to support the farm?s residents even as the demography and the products of the farm changed. The most significant evolution at the farm occurred circa 1925 when the Whitney family started to raise poultry in greater numbers and constructed or altered several buildings on the property for that purpose. Owned and occupied by members of the Whitney family from 1878 to 2004 the farm was never modernized nor did it have electricity until recently. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a good example of a residential and agricultural complex which contains a number of smaller outbuildings that seldom survive on farms in Maine. In addition, the farm has significance for the manner in which it reflects patterns of changing agricultural practices. Its fields and set of agricultural buildings are associated with a diversified, traditional approach to farming, including orcharding, the production of crops, and animal husbandry, and they also reflect an increased interest in poultry production during the twentieth century.