This house may have been built c. 1839. Wilder Blanchard Robbins bought the property in 1877 and moved the house from the shore across the road to its present location.
Description: This house may have been built c. 1839. Wilder Blanchard Robbins bought the property in 1877 and moved the house from the shore across the road to its present location.
The George B. Reed house, “one of the few remaining examples of New England continuous architecture in the town” was built on land originally owned by the Dix family. “For a number of years, many Reed reunions were there at the old Reed Homestead…” - “A History of the Houses of West Tremont, Maine” Volumes I, compiled and written by Raymond E. Robbins, Jr., s.n., 1997, p. 94-99. See these five pages for the complicated story of the chain of ownership of this property.
Description: The George B. Reed house, “one of the few remaining examples of New England continuous architecture in the town” was built on land originally owned by the Dix family. “For a number of years, many Reed reunions were there at the old Reed Homestead…” - “A History of the Houses of West Tremont, Maine” Volumes I, compiled and written by Raymond E. Robbins, Jr., s.n., 1997, p. 94-99. See these five pages for the complicated story of the chain of ownership of this property. [show more]
The Cornerstone Baptist Church was founded on March 16, 1952 in a farmhouse across from Seal Cove Pond that later became Seal Cove Farm, with ten members. The pastor was Rev. George Wood. In 1953 the little congregation paid $16,000 to buy the old West Tremont Schoolhouse. They added a Sunday school wing in the 1960s.
Description: The Cornerstone Baptist Church was founded on March 16, 1952 in a farmhouse across from Seal Cove Pond that later became Seal Cove Farm, with ten members. The pastor was Rev. George Wood. In 1953 the little congregation paid $16,000 to buy the old West Tremont Schoolhouse. They added a Sunday school wing in the 1960s.
Back row - Left to right: Lillian May (Rich) Reed Bessie Bernice (Reed) Walls Emma Almira (Reed) Smith Eunice Lucy (Reed) Lopaus (1878-1936) - Mrs. Ashbury A. Lopaus - daughter of Nathan Adam Reed Kathlyn "Katie" L. (Murphy) Reed (1882-1965) Front row - Left to right: Lelia Alice (Reed) Rumill (1883-1967) - Mrs. Arthur Heslyn Rumill - daughter of Nathan Adam Reed Lurlene Barbara (Rumill) Walls (1904-1992) - Mrs. Granville Eugene Walls, later Mrs. Rodney P. Murphy - daughter of Lelia Alice (Reed)Rumill - granddaughter of Nathan Adam Reed Marian Athalia (Reed) Gott (1900-1983) - Mrs. Ambrose J. Gott - daughter of Nathan Adam Reed Emma Almira (Mitchell) Reed Mildred Carver (Reed) Gott (1890-1979 - Mrs. Benjamin John Gott - daughter of Nathan Adam Reed
Description: Back row - Left to right: Lillian May (Rich) Reed Bessie Bernice (Reed) Walls Emma Almira (Reed) Smith Eunice Lucy (Reed) Lopaus (1878-1936) - Mrs. Ashbury A. Lopaus - daughter of Nathan Adam Reed Kathlyn "Katie" L. (Murphy) Reed (1882-1965) Front row - Left to right: Lelia Alice (Reed) Rumill (1883-1967) - Mrs. Arthur Heslyn Rumill - daughter of Nathan Adam Reed Lurlene Barbara (Rumill) Walls (1904-1992) - Mrs. Granville Eugene Walls, later Mrs. Rodney P. Murphy - daughter of Lelia Alice (Reed)Rumill - granddaughter of Nathan Adam Reed Marian Athalia (Reed) Gott (1900-1983) - Mrs. Ambrose J. Gott - daughter of Nathan Adam Reed Emma Almira (Mitchell) Reed Mildred Carver (Reed) Gott (1890-1979 - Mrs. Benjamin John Gott - daughter of Nathan Adam Reed [show more]