Harding Farm is a historic site west of the village of
Clinton
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in
Oneida County,
New York
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. It is located on
New York State Route 233
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(Harding Road) and is situated south of the junction of NY 233 and
New York State Route 412.
It was built by
Samuel Kirkland
Samuel Kirkland (December 1, 1741 – February 28, 1808) was a Presbyterian minister and missionary among the Oneida and Tuscarora peoples of central New York State. He was a long-time friend of the Oneida chief Skenandoa.
Kirkland graduated ...
in 1793. Kirkland, missionary to the Oneida Indians and founder of
Hamilton College
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, received from the state of New York following the
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. Colonists and
Oneida people
The Oneida people ( ; wikt:autonym, autonym: Onʌyoteˀa·ká·, Onyota'a:ka, ''the People of the Upright Stone, or standing stone'', ''Thwahrù·nęʼ'' in Tuscarora language, Tuscarora) are a Native Americans in the United States, Native Ameri ...
traveling the Oriskany Valley were frequent and welcome visitors. Oneida Chief
Skenandoa, who had played a critical role in aiding the Colonists during the revolution, advised Kirkland on the ideal site to build his home. In 1816, Skenandoa requested to be buried next to Kirkland in the orchard behind Kirkland's house in order to "go up with him at the great resurrection."
The bodies were later exhumed and moved to the . In 1851, Lyman S. Harding purchased the property and converted it to a dairy farm. In 1905, it was sold to
Elihu Root
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, a native of nearby Clinton and
Secretary of State for
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. The Harding Family bought the property back in 1912 with considerably less land than it once had. Today
Harding Farmis a private residence.
Image:Main_house_at_harding_farm.jpg, Main house at Harding Farm. Built by Kirkland in 1793
Image:Kirkland_cottage_3.JPG, Samuel Kirkland's original cottage. Now located on the Hamilton College campus.
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Houses in Oneida County, New York
Houses completed in 1793
1793 establishments in New York (state)
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