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- Tags: demolition
Unquowa Hotel Postcard
The Unquowa Hotel was built in 1868 by industrialist James Mott, who sold his mansion after financial problems. The building changed hands many times, including a turn as the Hargrove School for Boys, before being sold in 1913 to…
Tags: demolition, Donovan, Hargrove, hotel, house, Mott, Old Post Road, Postcards, Unquowa Hotel
Meeker Merwin House
698 Merwins Lane
The Meeker Merwin house was built in 1780 by Meeker Merwin. Ownership of the house ended up with his son, Benjamin Merwin, who eventually passed it down to Morris Meeker Merwin. Morris served the town as a…
Tags: 1780s, 1900s, demolition, house, Merwin, Merwins Lane
Knapp Homestead
632 Knapps Highway
The Knapp homestead was built by the Knapp family in 1830. The property was passed down to Charles Knapp who ended up losing it through stock failures. At one point the house was owned by Gustave Whitehead, an…
Tags: 1830s, 1980s, demolition, gustave whitehead, house, Knapp, Knapps Highway
Frederick Marquand House
720 Pequot Road
The Marquand house was built in 1832 by Frederick Marquand. A founder of the Southport Savings Bank in 1854, Marquand gave generously to various philanthropic endeavors, including the Theological…
Tags: 1830s, 1890s, demolition, house, Marquand, Pequot Library, Pequot Road
Ye Set-a-Spell Tea-House
935 Harbor Road
The tea house was built in 1810 by Eleazer Bulkley. The tea house operated until 1950 when it was demolished.
Tags: 1810s, bulkley, business, demolition, tea house
Sunnie-Holme
Tags: 1900s, annie b. jennings, demolition, garden, house, jennings, Old Post Road
Gould Homestead
426 Post Road (originally 172 Post Road)
The Gould Homestead was built in 1841 by Captain John Gould, a mariner. His daughter Elizabeth B. Gould made it into a vacation home for working women in 1908. It was demolished in 1955…
Tags: 1840s, demolition, gould, house
Unquowa Hotel
808 Old Post Road
The Unquowa Hotel was built in 1868 by industrialist James Mott. Mott was the founder of the Mott Manufacturing Company which specialized in manufacturing rubber carriage bodies. In 1879, Mott was…
Tags: 1860s, demolition, Donovan, Hargrove, hotel, house, mansion, McCarthy, Mott, Old Post Road
Redfield House
95 Mill Plain Road
This house was built by Augustus Jennings in 1760. It was spared during the burning of Fairfield in 1779 by Mrs. Lucretia Redfield who put out four fires. In 1956 the home was demolished to make way for a…
Tags: 1760s, demolition, house, jennings, Redfield
Redfield House
95 Mill Plain Road
This house was built by Augustus Jennings in 1760. It was spared during the burning of Fairfield in 1779 by Mrs. Lucretia Redfield who put out four fires. In 1956 the home was demolished to make way for a…
Tags: 1760s, demolition, house, jennings, Mill Plain Road, Redfield