Martin Farm House site - 2005

Photos by Kathy Palmer.

In preparation for replacing the plaque, these photos were taken to show the state of the site today. The original plaque was presented by the DAR. The marker was in the form of a boulder of Maine granite, bearing a bronze tablet, on which is the D.A.R. insignia and the inscription:

          1818-1923
       The site of the
      FIRST FRAME HOUSE
        Marked by
       Elizabeth Pierce Lancey Chapter
      Daughters of the American Revolution

When the plaque was placed in 1923, the original house still stood on the site and was owned and occupied by William Perry Martin, a direct descendant of the builder, Moses Martin. Mr. Martin, with his wife, Anna, and three children came to Pittsfield, in 1794. Their first dwelling was a log house; the present house was built in 1818. It burned in 1965.