8 Atkinson ST Rockingham, VT 05101

Central location to village amenities, this historic home is one of the first in Bellows Falls. The town of Rockingham dates this house to 1780. There are three bedrooms, a nursery or dressing room, 2 baths, formal foyer, living room and formal dining with fireplace that now has a working woodstove. The original post and beam timbers appear to still retain good structure. A lover of antique homes will enjoy redeeming it's character and charm. There is also the carriage barn with 3 bays and 2nd story. Being one of the homes located in the Historical District some history is posted as follows: Charles and Harriet Hapgood Farmhouse 1835 house is a good example of the vernacular Greek Revival style, with a front-gable orientation, side hall plan, Greek Revival entry with an entablature side pilasters, sidelights, and six-oversix windows. The Italianate porch with tripartite posts and jigsawcut brackets dates to the late nineteenth century. The house was constructed for Solomon Hapgood's (see#7) son Charles and his wife Harriet, who lived here for most of their lives and had a large farmstead. There is also a c. I9oo ban behind the house.