Almost 400-year-old New Hampshire family farm sold after being owned for 11 generations

The farm was in the Tuttle family since 1632

It had been on sale for three years and sold for a third of the asking price

The oldest continuously operating farm in the United States – dating back almost 400 years – has been sold.

The 132-acre farm in Dover, NH, sold last month to Massachusetts farmer Matt Kozazcki for just over $1million after being on sale for three years. It was i n the Tuttle family since 1632.



Originally listed for over $3.35 million, according to Fox News, the farm sold for much less than the Tuttles expected.

Life as it was: This 1925 photo shows a simpler time at the former Tuttle Farm

Mr Kozazcki plans to restore the farm, renamed Tendercrisp Farms, to its colonial glory, he told the Foster’s Daily Democrat.

‘It’s a lot of heritage,’ he told the paper. ‘We’re trying to make it as much of a farm as possible.’

Mr Kozazcki has installed a fence made from hand cut and split New Hampshire cedar, removed flood lights in the parking lot and painted the barn since assuming the historic plot, he told the newspaper.



What once was a fruit and vegetable farm until the Tuttles, according to Fox News, will soon sell meat, fruits, vegetables and eventually have an orchard, said Mr Kozazcki.

Centuries old: The farm was in the Tuttle family for almost 400 years

Pick your own: The farm survived for decades as a pick-your-own fruit farm, but will now sell many new items

The farm will eventually have about 20 cows but meat will come from another farm he owns in Newbury, MA., he told the paper,

Mr Kozazcki expects the farm’s store to open in December, he said, adding that he will install a memorial plaque in honor of the Tuttle’s near the entrance.

Farming since 1986, the old hand wants to help keep the industry alive as best he can.

Hard at work: Mr Kozazcki works on building new fences and posts at Tendercrisp Farm

Steeped in tradition: New owner Matt Kozazcki rests on the handmade cedar fence in front of the old red barn

‘It’s sad that farms keep going out of business,’ he told the Daily Democrat, ‘I know what it’s like to start with zero.’

According to the New York Times, the farm was started when there were no more than 10,000 colonists in America.