The Hazeltine Residence, Belfast, Maine A10

The Hazeltine Residence, Belfast, Maine A10

"The Hazeltine Residence, Belfast, Maine A10" Hazeltine, Residence, Maine, 1942 Residence of Charles Bellows Hazeltine is of Italianate / Second Empire style: 2½ stories, wood frame with shiplap siding, ornate verge board with finials, door hoods, decorative French crystal windows, clustered chimneys serving eight varicolored marble fireplaces. The house was one of the first in Belfast with indoor plumbing, a hot air coal furnace, and a cistern in the attic. Charles Bellows Hazeltine was born April 2, 1828, the son of Benjamin and Mary A. (Bellows) Hazeltine. Immediately upon the discovery of gold in California, in 1849, Mr. Hazeltine went there by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and entered into a variety of enterprises with such good judgment and energy, that he was able to return to Belfast, a few years later, and retire for life, at the age of 26. Though he then relinquished active business he was later at different times interested in foreign shipping, the ship C. B. Hazeltine being named for him; and in the coasting trade between Belfast and Jacksonville, Fla., in which latter place he passed many winter seasons, having real estate investments there in connection with his brother, the late Benjamin Prescott Hazeltine. He was one of the original directors of the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Company, and its president for many years; and a trustee of the Belfast Savings Bank, from its foundation in 1868, until his death. Mr. Hazeltine was a man of an unusually attractive and genial personality, with a warm, hearty greeting and a friendly, helpful attitude toward all he met. In his tastes and mode of life, he was a country gentleman of the best type. His horses, dogs, garden, orchard, and hayfields received an intelligent personal supervision, and at his residence on Primrose Hill, built in 1859 after his return to Belfast, a genuine hospitality was for years extended to distinguished men, who came there from all sections of the country, from Massachusetts to California. As a sportsman, Mr. Hazeltine was widely known, he being one of the first to take up brush-shooting over bird dogs in this State, and his house was full of trophies of the chase. No one knew or loved the woods and lakes of Maine better than he, or was more interested in preserving them and in protecting their game. His fondness for Belfast, his native place, and his readiness to help in all movements for her welfare were strong at every period of his long life. He married, 12 July, 1854, at Camden, Frances Louisa Jones, daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (Brown) Jones. Children: Grace, born at Belfast, 28 April, 1855, died 4 March, 1861; Ben, born at Boston, Mass., 24 March, 1857, married 27 July, 1888, Annie Agnes Durham; Mary, born at Belfast, July 9, 1861, married, 25 December, 1888; James Howard Howes; Frances, born at Nice, France, 2 February, 1868, died at Nice, France, 8 Feb., 1868; Louise, born 21 Nov., 1873 He died Mar. 30, 1907 at age 78.