Pesterfield Barn

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Object ID 9999.1.73
Description Photograph looking north of former barn (burned in 1940s?) on Mack Hill Road. 86 Mack Hill Road, Amherst, NH.

This may be the barn in which John Pesterfield operated a still to make Peach Brandy during the Prohibition. (p. 96, "A Sleeping Town Awakens")

Writing on back: "Barn at Griffin's. Mack Hill. Burned early 1940s." "Secomb's" "On corner of Upper Flanders and Mack Hill Rd. When it burned it belonged to Pesterfield. Road looking toward Nobles."
Date of photo 1900-1940s
Source Found photographs
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Last modified on: January 06, 2011