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90 Larkspur Cottage was originally an office of the granite company. After being made over for a house, it was bought by Caroline, Elizabeth and Mary Dalc Owens and used as a gift shop and tea room. It is now owned by Dr. Edwin Pyle, of Waterbury, Conn.
91 Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club ( so called after the Indian name for Blue Hill) was located here in a new building in 1949 on the site of a large dock of the Blue Hill Granite Company. ( Before that, the Club had used the boat-house of Dr. Seth Milliken for many years. )
92 Stone House stands on the property of the old Blue Hill Quarry - land taken up in 1768 by Jonathan Darling, and later worked for granite by his son, Jedediah. The property was divided and sold as house lots by Judge Victor Loring, a more recent owner. Stone House, owned by the heirs of Emily Loring, the author, is the old granite boarding house which the judge remodelled for the use of his family.
93 Tyn-y-coed, built by Caroline Owen on part of the Loring land after they had spent several summers at Brightly, is now owned by Mr. Sidney Coggan.
94 The log cabin home of Mr. Fisher L. Boyd of West Chester, Pa.
95 The Sculpin Point home of Mr. Henry P. Becton of Rutherford, N. J., built in 1948.
96 Bryn-y-Mor, the home of Mrs. Dorothy Heywood and Mrs. Lynne Thompson, was built in 1928 on land originally part of the Benjamin Curtis Estate by Mrs. Ellen Skelding, a sister of Ann Paul Nevin. Mrs. Skelding sold the house to the present owners in 1945.
97 East Anchorage, owned by Mrs. Blossom Alcott, is also on land once part of the Benjamin Curtis property. Mrs. Alcott bought the land in 1927 and built the house in the following year.
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98 Field House was originally the garage at East Anchorage. A short time ago, Mrs. Alcott moved the building up the hill to its present location and remodelled it into a small cottage which is rented each year.
99 The home of Mrs. David S. Hays was built by Zenas Closson sometime before 1830. It was sold successively to George Bacon, Benjamin Curtis, and (in 1928) to Miss Elizabeth Anderson - who enlarged the old house and became a permanent resident of the town. The present owner, who bought the place in 1947, is also a permanent resident.
100 The home of Miss Elizabeth Littell and Miss Elizabeth Singleton was built by Anson, son of Jonathan Darling, in 1812. Later known as the Wil- ford Grindle place, it was bought by Benjamin Curtis together with much of the Jonathan Darling land and repaired for summer use. After Mr. Curtis' death, the property was acquired by Mr. Winfred Brooks, who sold it to the present owners.
101 This house, built in 1933, is the property of Mr. R. T. Flood, of Ded- ham, Mass., and was formerly owned by Mr. Thomas R. Morse of Andover.
102 Elwin Cove, owned by Miss Elinor Brooks, was formerly known as the John Wood property. The land was bought by Edward J. Brooks, of East Orange, N. J., in 1907, and the bungalow was constructed for him in 1908.
103 Friend's Corner, built by John Friend in 1827, was also bought from John F. Wood by Edward J. Brooks. ( The house had been occupied by Cornelius Baty before Mr. Wood's ownership). It has been remodeled sev- eral times in the course of changing hands. Mr. Dudley Figgis, the present owner, is a permanent resident of Blue Hill.
104 Three Ways, now owned by Mr. Winfred Brooks, of East Orange, N. J., was originally on the Friend place as a workshop. Later it was moved to its present location and made into a house for Herman Howard. More recently, Edward J. Brooks bought the property for his son, the present owner.
105 Hilltop, formerly part of the Slaven property, was moved up the hill by Ellen A. Slaven, and, after additions had been made, sold to Mr. Theodore Keller, of Lawrenceville, N. J.
106 Log Cabin, owned by Mr. O. H. Curry of Riverton, N.J., was built in 1952.
107 Borderland is owned by Miss Nila E. Slaven. Iler father, H. B. Slaven, while a guest at the Blue Hill Inn, bought the Chase Quarry together with George Stover. In 1903, he built Borderland on the site of the old quarry boarding house.
108 Greystones is also owned by Miss Nila Slaven. This cottage, located near the big quarry dock, was constructed in 1920 by joining two old quarry houses.
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109 Rose Cottage is also owned by Miss Slaven.
110 This house is the property of Miss Orillia Slaven of New York City.
111 Clover Cottage is owned by Miss Nila Slaven.
112 Landfall, located on former Slaven property, was built by Mr. John Rogerson in 1941.
113 Trailwood was built by Dr. John J. Moorhead, of New York, in 1935 - on land bought from Miss Nila Slaven. The cabin was recently sold to Mr. G. Frederick Morgan, of New York City.
114 Mr. Kendall Basset, of Pleasantville, N.Y., and his son are building this log eabin at the present time.
115 Road's End and the nearby guest cottage belong to Mr. Mareus Beebe, of Boston. Mr. Beebe acquired the place ( known earlier as the Will York farm ) from Harold Pender, of Philadelphia.
116 The summer home of Mr. Edmund R. Boots was bought from Mr. Mareus Beebe in 1950. Once known as the Henry York farm, it was acquired in 1904 by Mr. Gaston Dethier, a member of the Blue Hill musie colony. Mr. Dethier repaired the farmhouse for rent, and built a large bungalow ( 117) for his own summer use. Later, he sold the farmhouse to Mr. Mareus Beebe.
117 Bungalow, built by Mr. Gaston Dethier, of New York City, is oeeupied summers by Mr. Dethier and his brother, Mr. John Dethier.
118 The summer home of Mr. Edouard Dethier, of New York City, violinist, was built shortly after that of his brother, Mr. Gaston Dethier.
119 This house, owned by Mr. Charles Belknap, of St. Louis, was built by Mr. Louis Bostlemann, a violinist and a pupil of Franz Kneisel. Mr. Bostle- mann first bought the Artemus Chamberlain home, which had earlier be- longed to James York, Artemus Chamberlain's father-in-law. The present building was eonstructed after the Chamberlain house burned one summer. Mr. Belknap has made extensive additions sinee aequiring it.
120 Sherlock Holmes bought recently by Miss Delight Weston, was built by Harold Pender in 1910. Later, it was sold to J. S. Andrews, of Rochester, N. Y., and, upon Mr. Andrews' death in 1921, to Jane Herron, of Washington, D. C. Miss Weston bought the property from Mrs. Herron's daughter, Mrs. 11. J. Hughes.
121 This eabin, belonging to Miss Aliee Barrows, was built about 1920.
122 The eabin of Miss Catherine Tueker, of Flour Town, Pa., like that of Miss Barrows, is reached by the old York Road.
123 Dr. Albert S. Crawford's house was built by Capt. Frank Cousins. The present owner aequired it in 1938.
124 This house is the property of Dr. Janet Barnes, of Gardner, Mass.
125 This cottage was bought about 1945 by the Rev. H. O. Smith, of New York.
Parker Point sometime before 1900. The buildings shown are (left to right ) the Sweet barn, The Homestead, Winneeowetts, Seven Oaks, Shoreaere and The Maples.
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126 The cottage on the Curtis Cove side of Birch Point belongs to Mr. Harry A. Wright, of North Andover, Mass.
127 Baywood, bought in 1944 by Benjamin C. Vannah, of Boston, and restored for a permanent home, was built by John Curtis soon after the settlement of East Blue Hill.
128 Wing on Wing is the property of Dr. Seth Milliken. This part of East Blue Hill was formerly occupied by the Collins Granite Company. When the company liquidated, one major stockholder, John Ellingwood Donnell, of Portland, took between two and three hundred acres in payment of stock. Neither he nor his children ever saw the land, but it ultimately became the property of his grand-daughters, Mrs. Seth Milliken and Mrs. Richard Boardman. In 1908, Dr. and Mrs. Milliken and Mr. and Mrs. Boardman came to Blue Hill as young married people for their summer vacation. Shortly after, both couples built permanent summer homes on the property.
129 Four Seasons, owned by Dr. Seth Milliken, is occupied by his family during the colder months.
130 Leese House, built by Richard Boardman, now belongs to Dr. Milliken. It was recently occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nichols.
131 Cockrobin was bought by Mr. Samuel Taylor, of New York, in 1947. 132 Bobolink, the property of Dr. Milliken, is rented during the summer season.
133 The cottage of Mr. Albert C. Mosley, of Philadelphia, Pa., is now under construction.
134 Tall Timbers, built in 1920 by Helen Moorhead, is now owned by Mrs. Roswell Rousch, of Plainfield, N.J.
135 Blueberry Hill is owned by Mr. Frederick E. Camp. Originally, it was the property of Phineas Cousins.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ACCOUNT OF BLUE HILL
Nehemia Hinckley Christopher Osgood
Colonel Nathan Parker Samuel or Nathaniel Knowles
COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE
Joshua Horton
David Carlton Nathan Parker
COMMITTEE OF INSPECTION
John Peters
John Roundy Zebediah Shattuck
COMMITTEE OF SAFETY
Peter Parker
John Roundy Joseph Wood
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A Final Note
MANY OF THE CALLS I MADE IN COLLECTING MATERIAL - ESPECIALLY CALLS on older people for information about events in the early days of Blue Hill - were inspirational as well as informative. Memories proved to be amazingly keen, and there was a lively interest in recording the growth and development of the town.
One gentleman of eighty-six years, Frank E. Snow, of North Blue Hill, greeted me with a hearty "Glad to see you, come right in." He knew dates and facts as far back as his early boyhood, and was as quick with his informa- tion as a college freshman.
Frank Snow was born in the house built by his father in 1846, and has lived there all his life. He takes great pride in his family - his wife, who died several years ago, his three sons, two daughters, and nine grandchildren. His is one of the many families here which worked to clear forest land, and tilled the soil to yield food for themselves and their stock. That ealled for ambition, energy, and determination. No eight hour day for a farmer - his day is from sunup to sunset!
Money had to be earned other than that produced by labor on the farm. So Frank Snow worked with his oxen on the construction of the Parker Point Road between the brook at Harry Haas' place and South Street or the Old Sedgwick Road. The stretch of road was about four-and-one-half miles from his own place, and when he reached home at night there were still farm ehores to do. And there were more morning ehores - done before he started roadwork at seven o'eloek the next day. His pay was three dollars daily for himself and his team. He remembered that the seven-eighths of a mile long road, with two bridges, had cost the town $560.
Before the days of artificial iee and electric refrigerators, Wood's Pond, about two miles west of the village, was the field for cutting in the Blue Hill area. There were usually 105 days of sledding weather in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and the iee was transported to ice houses on long low sleds with two sets of runners. Frank Snow recalled being on the pond with his team at sunrise: "If not," he said, "there would be a line of sleds ahead of you." The
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Frank E. Snow - still going strong at eighty-six.
eakes of iee, twenty-two inches square, were hoisted onto the sled with a long pole used as a lever - men on one end and iee on the other. Some days he hauled as much as three tons, at thirty-five eents a eake.
Breaking steers to the yoke was another means of livelihood for Mr. Snow. He raised the steers himself; and, when they were old enough, he would yoke them up and put them in the lead in front of trained oxen. When they were sold, he would get between $80 and $100 a pair.
About food, Mr. Snow reealls stoeking the following provisions in the autumn: 4 barrels of flour, 1 barrel each of tripe, tongues and sounds, and crackers, 1 bale of dried fish, and 1/4 barrel of molasses. Ile tried to get the last quarter of a barrel of molasses - for it contained the sugar.
About people, he liked to wind up with a tart phrase: "Finest looking man you ever put your eyes on," he said of one. Of another, "He's got a head on him, and he earries it with him," and of another, "He was smart, smart as a lawyer - but rusted out."
Scouting around to find stories of our town, it was especially rewarding to meet a man of Frank Snow's age who has secured (and still does) his living from hard labor on the farm, and has retained his interest in the world. His keen eyes and contented expression reveal a completeness of living and a serenity of spirit which are all too rare in our time.
ANNIE L. CLOUGH
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ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
The names of artists and photographers appear in italics. Names of owners of photo- graphs and other illustration material used in this book appear in roman type. The cover was reproduced from a painting by Jonathan Fisher; the bookplates on page thir- teen and the top of page twenty-one were reproduced from Jonathan Fisher's wood blocks. The original painting and wood blocks are all in the collection of Roland M. Howard.
1 Hermia Rogerson
2,3 George A. Clough 6 Josie Barker
Roland H. Howard 26 Gale M. Hinckley Herbert Stevens 27
Warren J. Stevens
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10 TOP LEFT Josie Barker BOTTOM LEFT Josie Barker RIGHT Doris Nevin
George A. Clough 30 LEFT Josie Barker 31
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11 George A. Clough Fred W. Hill 12 LEFT Gale M. Hinckley RIGHT George A. Clough 13 Roland M. Howard
Josie Barker 32 LEFT George A. Clough RIGHT Josie Barker BOTH Ann H. Grieve 34 LEFT George A. Clough 35 RIGHT Josie Barker
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17 TOP Mrs. Fred Cousins ROTTOM Maurice Cousins 18 Howard E. Paine
TOP Fred W. Hill 39 George A. Clough BOTTOM Gale M. Hinckley
20 Thomas Clements
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21 BOTH Roland M. Howard
23 Thomas Clements
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24 Gale M. Hinckley
George M. Murray 50
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15 LEFT Gale M. Hinckley RIGHT Annie L. Clough 16 Howard E. Paine
LEFT Josie Barker RIGHT Hulda Bartlett
An 1847 Blue Hill Letter of Apology
Bluehill, April 23d, 1847.
Mr. Asa Clough Jr.
Sir Feeling no desire on my part to treasure up hard feelings in consequence of what took place in the shipyard be- tween you and me this afternoon and which on my part and the ex- eitement of the moment was lent to say things unbecoming from one gentleman to another and for which I ask you to forgive, forget and remember no more.
Very respectfully, Reuben Geo. W. Dodge
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