Welcome to Urban Crest Farm. The name on our site isn’t just a brand—it is a piece of American history carrying forward four generations of agricultural pride, resilience, and stewardship.

The Story Behind the Name

In 1911, our great-grandfather Frank A. Chick and his wife Sarah purchased a historic 160-acre property at 649 Saco Street in Westbrook, Maine. Sitting at the highest elevation point in that part of town, Frank named his dream Urban Crest Farm.A blacksmith by trade who learned his craft building carriages in Limington, Frank poured his ingenuity into building a thriving farm:

• A Bustling Dairy Operation: Frank built two silos, a milk house, and a blacksmith shop, growing the farm from bulk milk sales into a beloved direct-to-home glass-bottle delivery route.
• Orchards & Fields: Beyond dairy, the farm was alive with an apple orchard, grape arbors, asparagus beds, and cornfields.
• A Family Haven: Frank and Sarah raised 13 children (and dozens of grandchildren) in the 15-room farmhouse.

A 3,000-Mile Artistic Legacy

Long before the Chick family arrived, the property was established in 1755 by Zebulon and Eleanor Trickey. Around 1835, itinerant folk artist Jonathan D. Poor (nephew of Scientific American founder Rufus Porter) painted magnificent landscape murals directly onto the parlor walls over pumpkin pine wainscoting.For half a century, the "Painted Room" served as the vibrant backdrop to daily life for the Chick family. Decades after the dairy closed, those very walls survived near-demolitions, overpainting, and a trip to Nantucket. Today, after an extraordinary 3,000-mile cross-country journey, the Trickey-Chick Murals reside permanently at The Huntington Library & Museum in California—the only Rufus Porter School murals on view west of the Mississippi.

Carrying the Crest Forward Today

While the original farmhouse on Saco Street gave way to history, the spirit of Frank Chick's hard work, land stewardship, and family pride lives on right here at UrbanCrestFarm.com.Just as Frank built a home-delivery network and nurtured his fields from the ground up, we are proud to honor the Chick family legacy by continuing to grow, cultivate, and connect with our community today.