Earl Farwell House
New Ipswich Historical Society
Earl Farwell House (Late 1870s)
Listed as #22 in the New Ipswich Center Village Historic District Registry:
A French Second Empire house in the New Ipswich, NH Center Village Historic District built by Earl Farwell in the late 1870s. Later owners included Mellen C. Bragg (1892), Herman White, Town Clerk during the 1920's, and Lionel Blais, an employee of nearby Tricnit known for his mechanical skills.
Wide Open Space
This is a view of the Farwell house that shows the open field that bordered Turnpike Road. The photo was taken from Main Street. The ruins of a barn is visible in the middle of the photo. The Farwell house is located just left of center. Photo is undated.
On this day - Jun 3, 1908
James Roger diary entry
3rd (Wednesday)
Frost killed beans and injured some tomatoes. Warm after. David with W. Hardy ploughed part of Davis field in forenoon and we seeded and harrowed top field in afternoon. I bushed some of my early peas. I wrote brother Bob, and we went down to library in evening. Saw Principal Lewis and
Miss Wilbur and had a talk about Jim.
I worked with Lionel Blais from 1958-1961. He was a mechanical genius. He was able to increase the speed of the knitting machines without missing a stitch (trade secret at the time), thus the name Tricnit for 'trick knitting'.