On June 28, 2023, two-hundred elected officials and invited guests gathered on the Dennis Farm to
celebrate the Dedication Ceremony and unveiling of the Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial (America250PA's) . . . — — Map (db m285661) HM
You are looking onto the remains of the foundation walls of the Dennis Farm Barn Complex. This [left-side] out-of-focus image is the only known photograph of the barn complex buildings as they looked from the 19th century thru the 1960s. During . . . — — Map (db m285657) HM
Settled by Prince Perkins, a free African American Revolutionary War veteran who came from Conn. in 1793, the property has remained in his descendants' ownership for over 200 years. Granddaughter Angeline Perkins Dennis and husband Henry W. . . . — — Map (db m285635) HM
You have now stopped to look at one of the historical stonewalls on the farm.
During the 19th century, the Perkins Family and their direct descendants, the Dennis Family, constructed a half-mile of elegant stonewalls to define their fields. In . . . — — Map (db m285665) HM
You have reached the east side, or "front" of the house. While all of the views from the windows of the Dennis Farmhouse are breathtaking, the view looking east over the front lawn, Creek
Road, the farm's wetland on the opposite side of . . . — — Map (db m285653) HM
You are facing the Dennis Farmhouse, built circa 1825. The house is a
classic New England, timber-frame structure, an architectural style transported
to the region by the original Connecticut settlers. Following the death of
Perkins William . . . — — Map (db m285640) HM
Your tour has led you to the south side, or chimney side, of the house. Although we don't have any photos of this side of the house as it looked in the 19th century, we do know that there was no chimney here until after the 1939 update. Before . . . — — Map (db m285651) HM
You are now standing before the west side of the house, or as the family called it, "the back," that entered onto the den. Views from the west windows looked onto the apple orchard, some of which survives today, and the farm's luxuriant, wooded . . . — — Map (db m285647) HM
The farm's original settlers Prince Perkins (1750-1839), his wife Judith and their family first settled seventy acres on this hillside. When their granddaughter Angeline Perkins Dennis (1832-1873) inherited the property from her father in 1858, . . . — — Map (db m285687) HM
Father of the Homestead Act, opening western lands to free settlement in 1862, lived at nearby Glenwood. Speaker of the House, 1861-63, and member of Congress, 1893-1903. Died in 1907; buried in Harford Cemetery a few miles from here. — — Map (db m89347) HM
You are now facing the stonewall remains of the Ice House. In this
photo, taken after the 1930-40 renovation of the Farmhouse, the Ice House
is the building located on the right, under the trees, that extends outward
toward the driveway . . . — — Map (db m285659) HM
From 1912-15 the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad shortened its Clarks Summit to Hallstead route by 3.6 miles. This project constructed the Martins Creek Viaduct and the Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct (Nicholson Bridge). The Martins Creek . . . — — Map (db m285619) HM
This bridge is situated on the site of
Oakley Crossing along the Milford-Owego Turnpike
which after 1821 provided the shortest route for
vehicular traffic between the Atlantic seawall
and western New York State — — Map (db m285611) HM
In this serene setting, you find the elegant Perkins-Dennis Cemetery, aka the Dennis Cemetery, and Monument. The cemetery, constructed by the family in the 19th century, is the resting place of family
members who lived on the farm.
Mourners . . . — — Map (db m285674) HM
Prince Perkins
1750 ~ 1839
Revolutionary War Connecticut Line
Judith Perkins
Died 1823
Wife of Prince Perkins
Charlotte Perkins
Second Wife of Prince Perkins
William Perkins
1785 ~ 1858
Malinda . . . — — Map (db m285677) HM
You have reached the Dennis Farm's Upper Tier.
The Dennis Farm has two distinct tiers, the Lower Tier and the Upper Tier. The Lower Tier, including the plateau where the Farmhouse and Barn Complex are located, is where the Dennis Family lived. . . . — — Map (db m285690) HM
This Scenic View of Martins Creek
Viaduct also connects with other
events on the Eastern boundary of
Brooklyn Township.
Bloomfield Milbourne and his friend
Prince Perkins came through about
1793. The Milford Owego Turnpike
started in . . . — — Map (db m285624) HM
