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Wheeler Farm is a historic farm in
Lincoln, Massachusetts Lincoln is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 7,014 according to the 2020 United States census, including residents of Hanscom Air Force Base who live within town limits. The town, located in the MetroWe ...
, United States. Settled in 1717, it was farmed for almost 250 years. Covering , it is now owned by the Rural Land Foundation (RLF), which was formed in 1965, after the property was placed on the market.


History

The 1965 sale of the property is believed to have been the first limited-development strategy of conversation planning in the country, in that the eleven private-home lots are clustered to ensure the maximum amount of land can be protected. Abner, Benjamin and Eliphalet lived at the firm in the 18th century. Stephen Buttrick (1772–1828), son of John, lived at the farm in the 19th century.


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