Dodge House, Rockport, Maine being offloaded from barge.

From collection Ed Coffin Collection

Dodge House, Rockport, Maine being offloaded from barge.

Dodge House, Rockport, Maine being offloaded from barge. Formerly Phippsburg house. Barge is marked N.Y.N.H. & H. R..R. No. 20 (New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad). Low platform wagon in foregound has umbrella over driver's seat, one panel reads 'home of good values'. Marine salvage expert Capt. John I. Snow of Rockland had charge of moving this 40Æ x 45Æ Federal-style house by barge from Phippsburg where it was built in 1806 to Rockport where it is being unloaded to become the summer residence of Donald Dodge at DeadmanÆs Point. [Information courtesy of Maynard Bray, 2018]

Details

LB2013.21.213
City/Town:
Rockport 
State/Province:
Maine