Buildings and map
The Campus
The campus is a cluster of barns, studios, and mills around two mill dams at the outlet of Sanborn Pond. The Sanborn family built most of them, some were saved from elsewhere and moved here, and the farm has been restoring them since 1996. The late-1700s Red House and the Grano Barn stand on the road beyond the main campus, and Merrill Farm, about a mile away, holds some of the fields, the vegetable gardens, the animals, and offices.
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Choose a building or garden on the map, or from the list below, to see what it is.
The main campus
Gardens
Around the Red House
Merrill Farm, about a mile away
Getting around
Building by building
Where things happen
Studios and classrooms
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Woodworking Studio
This 1850s horse barn is now fitted with lathes and benches.
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Blacksmith Teaching Studio
Built in 2005, it has student forges and a teaching forge.
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The Grange and Dye Studio
Loudon’s former Grange hall was dismantled and brought here in 2014. The Dye Studio is on the level below the hall.
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New Carriage Barn and Fifield Hall
The barn was built in 2016 and finished inside in 2020. Fifield Hall, with the looms and spinning wheels, is on the ground floor, and the student dorms, known as the Carriage House, are on the floor above.
Merrill Farm
About a mile down the road from the main campus. Merrill Farm and Merrill House hold some of the fields, the vegetable gardens, the animals, and offices. The Merrill barn was restored in 2012. Workshops held here say so, with directions.
Dining, lodging, and gathering
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Main House
James B. Sanborn built it in the 1870s on a 1770s foundation. It holds the farm office, the guest suites, and the Great Room, finished in 2015.
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Sanborn Barn
This 1850s barn was restored from 2014 to 2016 as the kitchen, dining hall, classrooms, and bunkhouse. The additions around it were finished in 2019.
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The Red House
This late-1700s cape was saved from a fire department’s training burn in Maine and raised here in 1998, on the site of Jeremiah Sanborn’s house. Its three bedrooms are private rooms for workshop students when the dorms are full.
Mills and working barns
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Sawmill
Built in 1829, it runs a water-powered up-and-down saw and a Lane circular saw.
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Grist Mill
Built in 1830 and restored after 2009, it grinds corn and wheat.
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Old Blacksmith Shop
It appears on an 1858 map and still has its original forge and bellows.
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Barden Barn
The horse barn, with stalls and a tack room, was built for the Percherons Les Barden gave the farm in 2008.
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Grano Barn
Moved from Northwood and fitted for oxen in 2005, it also stores the hay.
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Old Carriage Barn
It may be the oldest building on the farm.
Gardens and saved buildings
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Lord & Burnham Greenhouse
Built in 1919, it was moved here from Brookline, Massachusetts.
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Capron Cobbler Shop
This one-room shop was saved from demolition and is waiting to be rebuilt on the campus.
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Corn Crib
This chestnut-framed crib was brought from Canterbury.
Come and see
Walk the campus
Visit
The grounds are open Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., April to November. Please stay out of buildings unless staff invite you in.
Staying here
Students can share a room or take a private room on the farm, camp, or book a room nearby.