Noah Tibbetts Using a Saw on a Brutal Beast Class Catboat Skeg

Noah Tibbetts Using a Saw on a Brutal Beast Class Catboat Skeg

Seen here using a saw on a Brutal Beast class catboat skeg on the northeast shore of Center Harbor, Brooklin, Maine near the present day yacht club, is a local man, Noah Tibbetts. Also seen, at the right, is an unidentified man in a suit and tie holding a cigarette.Most of the credit for establishing what is known as the Haven Colony (a tiny community of about 20 seasonal cottages located between Rt. 175 and the western end of Center Harbor) in Brooklin, Maine is attributed to Noah Tibbetts who was born in Brooksville, Maine in 1851, went to Washington DC as a young man, and served forty-eight years there in the U.S. Pension Office before retiring to Brooklin, Maine.  He started a boarding house in Brooklin during the late 1800's and then began building cottages and a large dining room for family and friends.  Other cottages followed and the summer community thrived.  Noah originally provided all cottages with services for five to seven dollars per week.In the old days there was a narrow dirt path leading from this level of cottages to Steamboat Road with beautiful and exotic flowers growing along the way.  Haven ladies walked the path from the Dining Hall dressed in their trailing finery to make their morning calls, and later to attend tea and/or evening musicals. From Memories of Haven Colony, Brooklin, Maine