The dog was Springer Spaniel "Patsy". Patsy came to live with the family January 13, 1938 and died on May 10, 1952 The house in the distance is 268 Tremont Road, now gone.
Description: The dog was Springer Spaniel "Patsy". Patsy came to live with the family January 13, 1938 and died on May 10, 1952 The house in the distance is 268 Tremont Road, now gone.
John Melbourne Rich took the design for his new house in Tremont from Design 24 in the 1888 version of Palliser's "New Cottage Homes and Details." The Pallisers showed two versions of Design 24. One, a modest house without a tower, and one, a showpiece with tower that could be built for a "cost of $1,700." For this amount one received, "plans, elevations, details and perspective view of a comfortable, convenient cottage home of six rooms, with tower which is designed to command a view of the surrounding country where erected." John Melbourne Rich chose the showy tower version with which to command a view of Tremont. John tore the top story of the three-story tower off when he found that the chimney smoked. This view of the house shows the two-story tower.
Description: John Melbourne Rich took the design for his new house in Tremont from Design 24 in the 1888 version of Palliser's "New Cottage Homes and Details." The Pallisers showed two versions of Design 24. One, a modest house without a tower, and one, a showpiece with tower that could be built for a "cost of $1,700." For this amount one received, "plans, elevations, details and perspective view of a comfortable, convenient cottage home of six rooms, with tower which is designed to command a view of the surrounding country where erected." John Melbourne Rich chose the showy tower version with which to command a view of Tremont. John tore the top story of the three-story tower off when he found that the chimney smoked. This view of the house shows the two-story tower. [show more]
The people sitting on the front porch are: Back Row - Left to Right: John Melbourne Rich (1853-1919) Clifton Melbourne Rich - John's son - (1881-1970) Frank Pettigrove Rich - John's son - (1887-1923) Front Row - Left to Right: Millicent F. Trask - later Mrs. Edwin F. Hamblen - (1903-1981) Emily Maria (Rich) Trask - Mrs. George Washington Trask - John's daughter - (1884-1981) - Holder of the Boston Post Cane Charlotte Baldwin (Kelley) Rich - Mrs. John Melbourne Rich - mother of Cliff, Emily, Lillian & Frank - (1856-1925) The photograph was taken before 1912 when both Cliff and Frank married and probably after August 1909 when their sister, Lillian (Rich) Reed (1889-1973) was married.
Description: The people sitting on the front porch are: Back Row - Left to Right: John Melbourne Rich (1853-1919) Clifton Melbourne Rich - John's son - (1881-1970) Frank Pettigrove Rich - John's son - (1887-1923) Front Row - Left to Right: Millicent F. Trask - later Mrs. Edwin F. Hamblen - (1903-1981) Emily Maria (Rich) Trask - Mrs. George Washington Trask - John's daughter - (1884-1981) - Holder of the Boston Post Cane Charlotte Baldwin (Kelley) Rich - Mrs. John Melbourne Rich - mother of Cliff, Emily, Lillian & Frank - (1856-1925) The photograph was taken before 1912 when both Cliff and Frank married and probably after August 1909 when their sister, Lillian (Rich) Reed (1889-1973) was married. [show more]
The house was built by John "Talking John" Melbourne Rich, the first of his three houses. John owed his Uncle Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) a sum of money, so he swapped this Tremont house for Jonathan's older less valuable Richtown house. Emily (Rich) Trask (1884-1981), John Melbourne Rich's daughter, said in a 1975 interview that she was born in the house, "in that back bedroom up there… That was a big place. It was different from these days…it had a piazza clean around it and round the front. Father was great on building big places but he got in debt so much that he had to give up and go over to Richville [Richtown] and live." The main house, minus barn and ell, still exists in 2016, although covered in green asbestos shingles. The house was originally painted a cream color with brown trim. It sits back from the road just before the Tremont Congregational Church.
Description: The house was built by John "Talking John" Melbourne Rich, the first of his three houses. John owed his Uncle Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) a sum of money, so he swapped this Tremont house for Jonathan's older less valuable Richtown house. Emily (Rich) Trask (1884-1981), John Melbourne Rich's daughter, said in a 1975 interview that she was born in the house, "in that back bedroom up there… That was a big place. It was different from these days…it had a piazza clean around it and round the front. Father was great on building big places but he got in debt so much that he had to give up and go over to Richville [Richtown] and live." The main house, minus barn and ell, still exists in 2016, although covered in green asbestos shingles. The house was originally painted a cream color with brown trim. It sits back from the road just before the Tremont Congregational Church. [show more]
John Melbourne Rich took the design for his new house in Tremont from Design 24 in the 1888 version of Palliser's "New Cottage Homes and Details." The Pallisers showed two versions of Design 24. One, a modest house without a tower, and one, a showpiece with tower that could be built for a "cost of $1,700." For this amount one received, "plans, elevations, details and perspective view of a comfortable, convenient cottage home of six rooms, with tower which is designed to command a view of the surrounding country where erected." John Melbourne Rich chose the showy tower version with which to command a view of Tremont. John tore the top story of the three-story tower off when he found that the chimney smoked. This view of the house shows the two-story tower.
Description: John Melbourne Rich took the design for his new house in Tremont from Design 24 in the 1888 version of Palliser's "New Cottage Homes and Details." The Pallisers showed two versions of Design 24. One, a modest house without a tower, and one, a showpiece with tower that could be built for a "cost of $1,700." For this amount one received, "plans, elevations, details and perspective view of a comfortable, convenient cottage home of six rooms, with tower which is designed to command a view of the surrounding country where erected." John Melbourne Rich chose the showy tower version with which to command a view of Tremont. John tore the top story of the three-story tower off when he found that the chimney smoked. This view of the house shows the two-story tower. [show more]