LB2010.9.120254

LB2010.9.120254

This large, two-storey rubble stone vacation home sits on a point on the southwestern shore of Bog Lake in Northfield, Maine (north of Machias). The home still exists today in 2023; the public landing lies behind it to the west. Bog Lake spans 28 acres and is shallow, no more than 46' deep, but fairly cold. Historically and currently, it's an ideal fishing spot which supports numerous species, though it's often overlooked by fishers. J.E. Frenning (to whom the house is attributed in the photo caption) may have been a Boston businessman. Chef's knives bearing this name appear currently (2023) on eBay, and judging by the included images could be of a vintage contemporaneous with this photo, though any connection between the two is conjecture. A J.E. Frenning is listed as the president of the board of the S.M. Howes Company, a Boston stove foundry, in 1909. That same year, someone with the same name was granted a patent for a stove damper. Whoever he was, Frenning was likely affluent to own a luxury property like this one.