Hastings Farmstead
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Hastings Farmstead is a historic home and farm complex located at Dickinson Center
Dickinson, Franklin County, New York
----Dickinson is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 739 at the 2000 census. The town was named after and individual in New Jersey by an early landowner from that state....

 in Franklin County, New York
Franklin County, New York
Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,599. It is named in honor of American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin...

. The house was built in 1896 and is a "T" shaped building with a -story main block, built of balloon frame construction with clapboard siding and decorative shingles in the Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...

 style. Attached to the rear of the main block is a -story wing that was built originally in the 1820s as a summer kitchen and pantry
Pantry
A pantry is a room where food, provisions or dishes are stored and served in an ancillary capacity to the kitchen. The derivation of the word is from the same source as the Old French term paneterie; that is from pain, the French form of the Latin panis for bread.In a late medieval hall, there were...

. Also on the property are seven outbuildings built between 1820 and 1940. They include five barns, a springhouse / milk house, and garage
Garage (house)
A residential garage is part of a home, or an associated building, designed or used for storing a vehicle or vehicles. In some places the term is used synonymously with "carport", though that term normally describes a structure that is not completely enclosed.- British residential garages:Those...

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 2007.
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