Consisting of an early 19th-century Cape, an 1840s Greek Revival house, and a number of 19th-century outbuildings, it represents a rare surviving assemblage of farm buildings in the town.

[1] The Hard Farm Homestead is located in southern Manchester, its buildings on either side of River Road, just north of Muddy Lane.

Across the street stand a 1+1⁄2-story Cape style house, along with a barn, corn crib, shed, and chicken coop, all dating to the 19th century.

[2] The oldest building of the complex is the Cape, which was, according to Hard family records, built by Quakers named Soper about 1806.

The Hard family has long had a prominent place in Manchester, one of its members operating the drugstore in the center, and another a noted local poet.