Greenwood Farm (Ipswich, Massachusetts)
IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
The Paine - Dodge House in reserve
Greenwood Farm is a 216 acre ( 0.9 km ²) large nature reserve near the town of Ipswich, Massachusetts in the United States, which is administered by the organization The Trustees of Reservations.
History
Shortly after the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was the area in which the current reserve is taken by European settlers in fitting. Robert Paine received by the City of Ipswich the bid for a piece of land, which became known shortly as Paine farm. His son Robert Paine the Younger received his degree from Harvard University in 1656 and 1692 was the chairman of the jury in the Salem Witch Trials. He is considered the first inhabitants of this now listed protection Paine - Dodge House, which was built in 1694 and is estimated to be that is registered since March 9, 1990 under the number 90000231 on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in the style of First Period architecture, which was very popular in New England from 1625 to 1725.
The family owned and managed the farm for three generations. Built in 1828 Thomas S. Greenwood which also still in existence farmhouse next to the Paine House. In 1911 the property was sold to Major Guy Murchie, although it is unclear whether he made some cosmetic changes to both houses. Murchie sold the property in 1916 further to the Boston law Robert Dodge, who used the property as a summer residence, 1920-1921 built the outbuildings and the farmhouse renovated fundamentally. Mrs. Alice Childs Dodge collected furniture and other furnishings for the Paine House and prompted 1936-1937 its restoration. At the request of the Dodge family today preserve the Trustees of Reservations the house and entertain there a museum. The farmhouse is still used as a private residence.
The protected area has been established on the basis of a donation to the Trustees in 1975, further supplementary grants were made in 1979, 1980, 1998 and 2000.
Sanctuary
The reserve was named after Thomas S. Greenwood, who built the farmhouse in the 19th century. Approx. 2.5 mi (4 km ) Hiking trails lead through the area and allow the observation of swallows, waxwings, dragonflies, Rotschwanzbussarden, Canada herons, egrets jewelry, Reisstärlingen, great horned owls and red foxes.
To reserve include multiple, consisting of drumlins islands, which are surrounded by salt marshes. They were formed by the Wisconsin glacier more than 10,000 years ago and are not open to the public for environmental reasons. The salt marsh drains into the Ipswich River, whose source is located 35 mi ( 56.3 km ) further west in Burlington. It is flooded twice daily by the tides and offers mussels and clams habitat. At low tide the congregation beach crabs can be observed there.