Pettengill Farm
A visit to Pettengill Farm is stepping through time
Visiting Pettengill Farm is akin to time traveling. Once a nineteenth century salt-water farm on the estuary of the Harraseeket River, today the FHS owns and maintains the iconic saltbox house (ca. 1810) and 140 acres of fields, woods, antique apple orchards, and salt marsh for future generations.
Experience Pettengill Farm
Visit the farm
The grounds, including gardens, fields, and four forest trails are open to the public, dawn to dusk, year-round. Download our self-guided tour and trail map here.
Directions
31 Pettengill Road, Freeport, Maine 04032
From Main Street in Freeport, turn east on Bow Street (across from L. L. Bean, Inc. main entrance). Go 1.5 miles; turn right onto Pettengill Road. Park at the gate. Walk the dirt road for about 15 minutes to the farmhouse.
In support of Pettengill Farm, we welcome your donation in the metal house-shaped box at the gate.
Learn about Pettengill Farm
Due to the sensitive condition of the house, we open the farmhouse only a few times a season, like Pettengill Farm Day (usually held the first weekend in October).
Check our News & Events page or sign up for our email list to hear about other programs at Pettengill Farm.
Private tours of the Pettengill Farmhouse are available for groups of two or more with advanced notice. More info here.
Millie Pettengill's Diary
Read through some of the pages of Millie’s diary and get a peek into life on a Maine saltwater farm in 1921!
Pettengill Farm Day
Join us each fall for Pettengill Farm Day, a community festival where we help make history come alive.
