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The Woodbridge Farmstead at Manchester Green, 495 East Middle Turnpike, is a charming combination of vintage buildings and a bucolic landscape. Generally open the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Open houses begin in May, but are held on the 1st and 3rd May Sundays due to Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. We close for the season in October.
Parking available at the Senior Center and along East Middle Turnpike in front of the Farmstead.
The Woodbridge Farmstead, at Manchester Green, is a charming combination of vintage buildings and a bucolic landscape.
The Woodbridge Farm and Meadowbrook Dairy once encompassed many acres at Manchester Green. Today, the house and grounds are owned by the Manchester Historical Society – a gift from the late Raymond and Thelma Carr Woodbridge, who gave the property in 1998, reserving a life use.
The yellow farmhouse in the Greek revival style dates from 1830, and one of the barns dates from the late 1700s. A brook runs through the back yard of the property. The Farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
This folk-art rendering of Manchester Green shows many of the historic buildings. Thelma Woodbridge commissioned artist Tom Menard to create the painting a number of years ago. To see the original work up close, come visit the Old Manchester Museum, where it is on permanent display.
We are grateful to Raymond and Thelma Woodbridge, who donated the property to the Manchester Historical Society in 1998, reserving a life use.
Early history of the Woodbridge family here Woodbridge history.
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