The property at 121 West Road in Canton was settled in about 1738 by Sgt. Thomas Barber with his widowed mother and three brothers. In 1867, Giles A. Sisson (1832-1900) tore down a house on the property that had been erected by Deacon Hosea Case and replaced it with the current Greek Revival-style farmhouse. In addition to operating the farm, Sisson had a cider mill just south of his house and had a sawmill about a quarter of a mile north on Cherry Brook. From 1874 to 1880 Sisson owned the Canton Center General Store at 180 Cherry Brook Road, during which time he converted that building’s upper floor into a social hall. In about 1920, the farm on West Road was acquired by Otto Freeland, who was born in Sweden. There was once a windmill on that property that was occasionally used to generate electricity for the milling of ax handles. These were then sold to the Collins Company.
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