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The Stone Bridge Farm was
the home of Captain Nathaniel Carr, a successful (and later convicted)
counterfeiter who built this brick federal home in 1826.
(In the kitchen there
is a beam with his signature on it.) Captain Carr, who served in the
War of 1812, was also instrumental in getting the Town of Hillsborough to
build the stone bridge named "Old Carr Bridge" just down the road.
This bridge is an amazing feat of stone craftsmanship, built completely
without mortar, just carefully cut and fit granite. After Captain
Carr's conviction and imprisonment the home passed to the Jones family for
which it stayed until 1926 when the Judd family purchased it for lumbering
purposes. Herbert and Eleanor Judd purchased the home from the family in 1954 and
began renovating and modernizing. The Rands purchased the Stone Bridge
Farm in 2002 and renovated the wooden ell creating two Bed & Breakfast rooms, each
with private baths on the second floor. |
