Lewis and Nancy Hill

    This 61.2-acre holding comprises a homestead of 36.2 acres on the west side of Hillcrest Road that has been in Lewis Hill's family since 1809, and a managed forest of 25 acres on the road's eastern side. In December 2004 the Hills donated an easement on both parcels to the GLT.
    A large portion of the Hills' western boundary adjoins the Brian & Denise Hill farm and the Long Pond Natural Area along Sawmill Brook, after it drains the pond. Forming most of the northern and western boundaries of the new Green Mountain Monastery, the property has 792 feet of frontage along Hillcrest Road, a public highway with scenic vistas.
    Like Brian Hill, Lewis is a descendant of one of Greensboro's original proprietors (1781), Peleg Hill, Sr. In 1809 Peleg's grandson Aaron acquired land bordering Sawmill Brook and soon opened a tavern along what was then a major north-south thoroughfare. The family operated a sawmill and grist mill on the brook into the 1830s.   
    The Hills' present home was built in 1840.
    The easement allows a maximum of one residence, on the west side of Hillcrest Road, in addition to the existing five-acre homestead complex.