FRYEBURG – Rivercroft Farm has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places, according to Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, whose staff prepared the nomination.

The designation indicates that the property has been documented, evaluated and considered worthy of preservation and protection as part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

Rivercroft Farm is an extensive agricultural complex with a long history. Home to seven generations of the Weston family, the farm was established in the early 19th century.

The property contains three residences, two major barns and 12 other agricultural structures erected from the 1830s through the 1980s, all set on more than 185 acres of fertile land on the east and west banks of the Saco River.

Notable among the buildings is the Second Empire style John Weston House, designed by Portland architect Francis H. Fassett, which replaced the family’s Federal-era home by 1873.

Rivercroft was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its agricultural significance and for the architectural distinction of the John Weston House.