Foot of Square Mar 20 1893

Foot of Square Mar 20 1893

Foot of the Square as viewed from Church Street, March 20, 1893. The view from Church street shows the intersection with High Street (left), Allyn Street (to the left of the gambrel-roofed house, running to the harbor) and Northport Avenue proceeding in a southerly direction (to the right) In 1812, a lot of approximately forty feet square at the corner of Allyn Street and Northport Avenue was purchased at a cost of $54.00 from John Huse for the purpose of constructing a pound to secure the many stray beasts in town. The pound was constructed of stone and located near where the home stands today. The pound was demolished in 1853. This gambrel style house on the corner of Allyn Street and Northport Avenue was built in 1889 by John Kenney. The property was purchased in 1888 from F H Durham, Cyrus Hall and James Durham. Prior to that, the property was owned by Jacob Y.Cottrell, Eliza White, Nehemiah Abbott, Augustus Perry and Rowland Carlton. Cottrell owned a shipyard at the foot of Condon Street. The property came into the hands of Charles and Alma Bradbury from various owners during the period 1902-1904. Alma was the daughter of Jacob Y. Cottrell Jr. Alma deeded her birthplace (the Cottrell house on High Street) in 1922 to Dr. Eugene Tapley, who along with Dr. Foster Small established the Bradbury Memorial Hospital at that location. The Northport Avenue home was eventually willed by Alma Bradbury to Henry Smith, the local Texaco dealer and later to Smith's daughter and son-in-law George & Roberta Ruberti. Note the absence, to the right of the gambrel, of the Orlando Frost home which was built in 1905.