Award-winning author Thomas Hubka will present an illustrated talk about the research for his book “Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn” tonight, July 14, at 7 p.m.
His talk will shed light on the iconic New England architectural practice of connecting houses to barns with additional buildings. Hubka’s research demonstrates that average farmers were, in fact, motivated by competition with farmers in other regions of America, who had better soils and growing seasons and fewer rocks to clear. The connected farmstead organization, housing equal parts mixed-farming and home-industry, was one of the collective responses to the competitive threat.
Sponsored by the Horatio Colony House Museum, this free presentation is funded by the N.H. Humanities Council.
It will be held at the Cheshire County Court House. Enter the building at the glass doors marked Cheshire County Hall and go to the original court room on the second floor.
For more information, contact the museum at 352-0460 or colonymuseum@webryders.com, or visit www.horatiocolonymuseum.org.