Art in the Age in Tamworth, NH: Day Three
The future site of the Tamworth Lyceum is located on historic Main Street, Tamworth, an ideal vision of an American country town that could easily serve as the backdrop of a Norman Rockwell painting. Main Street still functions as it would have 100 years ago, offering the townsfolk a place to gather and keep up with current events at the Town Hall, enjoy a show at the classic Barnstormers theater, or grab a quick breakfast at The Other Store.
The Historic Tamworth Town Hall
Tamworth Church and blue skies.
We spent our third day exploring Main Street and were lucky enough to spend some time at to one of Main Street’s greatest treasures, the Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm.
The Remick family settled in Tamworth over 200 years ago, and six generations of the same family worked the farm. Each generation prospered, and was active in the town’s history. Before his death in 1993, Dr. Edwin Crafts Remick created a foundation to preserve his home, farm and family history in a way that the public could enjoy. The Remick family’s 200 year history in Tamworth gives us all a glimpse into how people worked and played in this historic landscape.
The Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm showcases the agricultural way of life in New Hampshire, from 1790 to the present. Remick is actually a working farm with sheep, goats, cows, steers, oxen, chickens, turkeys, lambs and pigs. They have even created an 1830′s style garden complete with historic crops and vegetables.
We can’t wait to come back this summer just to attend some classes at Remick and drink some ROOT with their amazing staff!
