Joy Farm

  • Also Known As: e e cummings House

  • Address: Salter Hill Rd
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

This white clapboard farmhouse is associated with one of the most innovative poets of the 20th century, e e cummings. From 1923 until his death, Joy Farm, set in an unspoiled rolling, wooded countryside, was the summer home of Edward Estlin Cummings. - NRHP Registration, 11 November 1971

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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1923/00/00 E E Cummings Home Summer home of E E Cummings 1923-1962
1962/09/02 E E Cummings Health E E Cummings suffers a stroke at Joy Farm

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Particulars for Joy Farm:
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Literature
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 71000048
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Literature
Applicable Criteria: Person
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1950-1974, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1923, 1962
Associated People: cummings,e e
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

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