330 QUAKER FARMS ROAD George
P. Sanford Homestead ca.
1750 (1976 #8, WPA #7)
The George P.
Sanford homestead at 330
Quaker Farms Road
was built about 1750 and is
presently owned by David Heim and Katherine Foran.
The house is a
one-and-one-half-story, Dutch-style
structure with a central brick chimney. There
are
four fireplaces throughout the house. The one in the keep-
ing
room features a beehive bake
oven
in
the right- hand wall. The windows are in keeping with the age of the house, with 12-over-12 or 12-over-8 lights.
One unusual and intriguing feature is a “secret” cup-
board
in an upstairs bedroom. The
door to the cup- board
is small and
easily concealed behind a chest. Inside is what
appears to be a storage space under the attic stairs, but at the back
end there is enough room for a grown
man to stand behind the
chimney and
be
completely hidden. The purpose of this cup-
board
is unknown, but it sparks the imagination.
The house is on a gentle rise from the
road,
with a wooded background to complement its colonial beauty.