{{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox farm | name = Wheeler Farm | image = | image_size =275 | alt = | caption = | map_name = Massachusetts | map_alt = | map_width = | map_relief = | map_label = | map_label_position = | map_caption = Location in Massachusetts | location = Lincoln | state = Massachusetts | province = | prefecture = | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|42.42739|-71.30144|type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=Wheeler Farm}} | established = | disestablished = | owner =Rural Land Foundation (since 1965) | area = {{convert|54|acre|m2}} | produce = | status = }} '''Wheeler Farm''' is a historic farm in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States. Settled in 1717, it was farmed for almost 250 years. Covering {{Convert|54|acre}}, it is now owned by the Rural Land Foundation (RLF), which was formed in 1965, after the property was placed on the market.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Wheeler Farm / Cemetery / Flint Fields |url=https://lincolnconservation.org/tws_holding/wheeler-farm-cemetery-flint-fields/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Lincoln Land Conservation Trust and Rural Land Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>
== History == The 1965 sale of the property is believed to have been the first limited-development strategy of conversation planning in the country,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvFIAAAAYAAJ&q=wheeler+farm+lincoln+ma |title=Land Trusts' Exchange |date=1987 |publisher=Land Trust Exchange |pages=4 |language=en}}</ref> in that the eleven private-home lots are clustered to ensure the maximum amount of land can be protected.<ref name=":0" />
Abner, Benjamin and Eliphalet lived at the farm in the 18th century.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Parr |first1=James L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMN2CQAAQBAJ&dq=wheeler+farm+lincoln+ma&pg=PT71 |title=Framingham Legends & Lore |last2=Swope |first2=Kevin A. |date=2009-02-01 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-62584-263-3 |language=en}}</ref> Stephen Buttrick (1772–1828), son of John,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cutter |first=William Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MxOUrMPDgvgC&dq=wheeler+farm+lincoln+ma&pg=PA1915 |title=Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts |date=1908 |publisher=Lewis historical publishing Company |pages=1915 |language=en}}</ref> lived at the farm in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Temple |first=Josiah Howard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q4AlAQAAMAAJ&dq=wheeler+farm+lincoln+ma&pg=PA495 |title=History of Framingham, Massachusetts: Early Known as Danforth's Farms, 1640-1880; with a Genealogical Register |date=1887 |publisher=town of Framingham |isbn=978-0-7884-2842-5 |pages=495 |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Buildings and structures in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Category:Farms in Massachusetts Category:Lincoln, Massachusetts