Mansfield Holstein Farm Jonesport Me. 68.

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[included in the exhibit "Washington County Through Eastern's Eye"] LB2007.1.111550 Mansfield Holstein Farm, Jonesport, Me. 68. The barn and house in the photo were on a dairy farm that belonged to Bion Bibber "BB Mansfield" Mansfield and his wife, Alberta Genevora (Hinkley) Mansfield from 1890 to 1957. The house was known as the Moose-A-Bec House for lodging and food for travelers from the mid 1800s to the mid 1900s. In the early years it was also a tavern. The barn is still standing today, and many of Jonesport and Beal's boys played basketball in the hayloft in the 1970s. In the 1980s a new furnace was being installed in the home and the home caught on fire and destroyed part of the house. It was rebuilt and is still standing today. At the far left are the roof and chimney of the general store at Mansfield's Corner on Sawyer's Square, which was owned and operated by William Frank Mansfield from about 1885 to the 1930s. The store closed because of the depression. William Frank Mansfield was a brother of Charles H. Mansfield and Bion Bibber Mansfield. In the early 1940s the building became the home of the Knights of Pythias Moose-A-Bec Lodge 123. It was closed as a Lodge in 1970. The building was then own by the Moosabec Club, which was a snowmobile club, and later by Catherine (Mitchell) Armstrong, who had it disassembled in August 1974. The site is now a parking lot. The player piano that was in the building is now in the Jonesport Historical Society Museum. The rooftop of the fourth building on the right is the general store building of Charles Henry Mansfield. It is now the "Harbor House, " a bed and owned by Gene Hart and his wife, Maureen (Plaskon) Hart. Caption contributed by Donald C. Woodward, President of Jonesport Historical Society