b'inmanyways.HistorianGeorgeAldrichnotesthatwas installed with extra large glass and tile show and manyearlyhomesinWalpolewerelogcabins.Asa claw-foottub.Twoporcheswerebuiltandaformer second generation abode, the Kidder home is a classic playhouseconvertedtoawood-heatedstudio.Inthis center hall, one and a half story, two-chimney, Cape Cod cathedral-ceilingedcottageunderoakandpinetrees, Cottage. As many homes did with the invention of thebookshavebeenwrittenandsongscomposed.Itsa cast iron cookstove, a kitchen ell was added in the 1870s,well-detailed quiet and contemplative space for guests moving domestic duties from the old stone hearth. and owners alike.Inthe1930s,adormerwasaddedandanoutbuild- N owadays, the fields and woods of Kidder Farming connected to enlarge the kitchen. The parlor was abut the Hooper and Walpole Town Forests, both enhanced in the sixties and a screened porch built offin conservation. They feature sylvan paths and the kitchen. Another dormer was added to the master class six roads dotted with stone cellar holes from bygone bedroom in the seventies plus a two car garage and afarms.Great places to walk, explore on horseback, and, in32-stall horsebarn for the breeding farm it became.Asseason, take a sled through the dappled light on groomed with Joseph Kidder, Morgans were the breed of choice.trails.In2002aconnectedoutbuildingwasconvertedtoaFrom the homestead the land slopes gently to the west library and a spacious pantry was created adjacent towith distant views of Stratton and Ascutney mountains. the kitchen. Off the master bedroom an en suite bathDeergrazeinthefieldsbelowthehouse.Flocksof'