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Gordon/Lovering Farmhouse


 * Built circa 1750 Gordon/Lovering farmhouse at 41 Chester Rd. (Route 102) in Raymond, NH is under threat of demolition to make way for the driveway to a nearly 200 unit proposed condo development. Prominent Raymond resident and former Selectman Josiah Gordon was born here (a brief biography of him can be found in the Raymond 225th Anniversary Official Souvenir Program Book (1989)). This property has been the Gordon Family Farm since 1810. Theopolis Lovering, a Revolutionary War veteran, was either the first or one of the first owners of the home. The 1700’s farm house was the former Lovering Homestead. In front of the house sits the Lovering crypt, where Revolutionary War Hero Col Theophilus Lovering is buried. A dirt farm road bordered by “thrown stone” walls leads to the ruins of a mill. “The Lovering Pail Manufactory” built in 1864, was one of the first of it’s kind, it was powered by 2 steam engines. The mill employed 8 to 10 men- a notable achievement since most of the area was agricultural. Pails, tubs & shingles were produced there. Water from the 18 acre Gansee Pond flowed through a stone box culvert (which is still standing) to the mill.