{"nrhp_refnum":"12000151","name":"Farley-Hutchinson-Kimball House","other_names":["Red Feather Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"461A & 463 North Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bedford","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.52395015800005,"lon":-71.28538102999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-03-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A c. 1732 Colonial-period farmhouse at 461A North Road in Bedford, Massachusetts, with a c. 1775 rear ell, 1913 Colonial Revival renovations, a late 19th-century barn at 463 North Road, and fieldstone walls, on nearly six acres.","why_significant":"The house is a Colonial-period dwelling that preserves early timber framing and was later remodeled in 1913 by the Boston firm of Lois Lilley Howe & Manning. The property is also tied to Red Feather Farm, a poultry farm and handmade candy business begun in 1911 by Charles and Edith Kimball. The available text does not give the full significance statement, so the argument is only partly shown.","narrative":"At the northern end of Bedford, near the Billerica line, a farmhouse built around 1732 sits on nearly six acres along North Road. The 2½-story, clapboard house has a center brick chimney, a two-story rear ell added about 1775, and a late 19th-century barn to the northwest. Remnants of fieldstone walls also survive and count as a contributing structure. Inside, exposed summer beams, flared posts and quirked beading reveal the early timber frame. In 1913 the Boston firm of Lois Lilley Howe & Manning remodeled the house in the Colonial Revival style, adding a center hall and stair, a west piazza and new entry porches. Charles and Edith Kimball established Red Feather Farm here in 1911, raising Rhode Island Red chickens for the Boston egg market and later making handmade candy in the barn, which was converted to apartments in 1948. The property is listed for this layered architectural and agricultural history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Lois Lilley Howe & Manning (1913 renovations); Allen Charles Hill, AIA (1979 kitchen and bath addition)","architectural_style":"Colonial; Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current functions are listed as single dwelling and multiple dwelling (apartments); the barn was converted to two apartments in 1948.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:10:51.864174-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/7957/63795740/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/12000151.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000151/5930bd2c79-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000151/5930bd2c79-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BedfordMA_FarleyHutchinsonKimballHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BedfordMA_FarleyHutchinsonKimballHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795740","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farley-Hutchinson-Kimball_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16891205"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/farley-hutchinson-kimball-house-12000151/"}