Field House - Built 1807 - Primrose Hill, Belfast, Maine A229c

Field House - Built 1807 - Primrose Hill, Belfast, Maine A229c

"Field House - Built 1807 - Primrose Hill, Belfast, Maine A229c" 1948, Field House, 1807, Primrose, Hill, Belfast, Maine "Bohan Prentice Field House, High Street, [built in] 1807." --Earle Shettleworth, 2011 The Bohan P. Field house is of the Federal style with a hip roof, classic entrance with fan window and pilasters. Early records describe terraced gardens with a spectacular view of the Passagassawakeag River and Penobscot Bay beyond. Bohan Prentice Field was born in Northfield, Massachusetts May 23, 1773 (d. March 13, 1843), He graduated from Dartmouth in 1795 and began studying law in Portsmouth, N. H. After passing the bar in New Hampshire, he moved to North Yarmouth, Maine in 1798 being the first lawyer to settle there. He moved to Belfast in 1799 where he became the pioneer of his profession. He established Belfast's first law practice and became a town leader. Upon the formation of Waldo County in 1827, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Sessions by Governor Lincoln. He dishcarged the duties of that office for ten years. He was valued in the community for his general intelligence, soundness of judgment and integrity of character. Such was know of his integrity of character and singleness of purpose that he received one thousand unsought tokens of public favor and confidence. He married Abigail Davis (1787-1863) of Billerica, Mass. October 23, 1807 and fathered seven children: Henry Cummings Field (1809 - 1864) Abigail Eleanor Field (1812 - 1813) Ebenezer Wright Field (1813 - 1813) Charles Davis Field (1814 - 1874) Bohan Field (1815 - 1897) Benjamin Franklin Field (1820 - 1877) Edward Mann Field (1822 - 1887)