John Curtis, a veteran of the American Revolution, received a land grant to establish a homestead in the new State of Vermont circa 1780. The fields and pastures carved out of a wilderness sustained his family for 5 generations. Stonewalls and tumbled dams remain as evidence of the industry and effort of early pioneers. The Hollow Farm consists of the striking 6 bedroom/4 bath homestead house and the 3 bedroom/2 bath Brook House sited in the middle of the 91 acre property. The new homestead created in 1988 around the stone fireplace and native timber framed original home. The southwesterly exposure illuminates the spacious gathering rooms and private spaces through the enormous round windows. The interior layout reflects casual country lifestyle with an open floor plan spiraling around the central kitchen complex, which opens out on to a wide, elevated terrace, decks and balconies on each level. Common rooms and quiet corners are visually connected and accessed by open stairways. The architectural form expresses the Vermont farmhouse on a grand scale with a cupola and splendid views of the surrounding fields and mountains. The property adjoins Coolidge State Forest at a place where a magical waterfall and sweet swimming hole are formed over exposed bedrock. The maintained road ends a mile or so beyond the old farmstead and continues on with miles of trails leading to South Woodstock, Plymouth and Reading townships. Nearby are Woodstock Village, the ski resorts of Killington & Okemo and public waters.