Genealogy
Documentary research by Ina Mansur, late Town Historian has yielded additional information that clarifies and narrows down the probable dates on which the Job Lane Farm Museum house was built or underwent major changes.
The “Deacon Job Lane House” or the Job Lane Farm Museum house has been extensively examined by at least three experts on historic architecture, all of whom are in agreement on the basic information. Abbott Lowell Cummings, former director of the Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities and author1, Orville Carroll, former Historical Architect for the U.S. National Park Services and Maximilian Ferro, head of Preservation Partnership of New Bedford, MA, have all examined the house and are in general agreement on dating it. They all agree that the East side is the older and was built between 1700 and 1730. Certain remodeling was done in the late Georgian era (1778), and the West side was added early in the 1800’s, accompanied by additional remodeling and rebuilding of the center chimney.