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14341Benjamin Ward House
John and Esther Ward Nichols House
David King House
Post Office
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 186 Shore Road
The ell on the house was built by Benjamin Ward [T-193] and given with a life estate proviso to John and Esther Ward Nichols, who built the main part of the house and then moved to Boston. It was purchased by David King, who established the first post office therein before 1836 [T-193]. Inherited by Joseph King, whose widow Adelaide Gilley King, sold to Raynor and Margaret Coggin Wellington and John Coggin Wellington 12/16/1918 (543/369). Land was added 8/29/1925 (595/575), excepting the parcel earlier sold to Rachel Evans; also 8/23/1940 (674/248), 6/11/1941 (682/116), and 10/26/1956 (810/25). It was conveyed to the John C. Wellington Family Limited Liability Company 9/12/1997 (2677/366). (map 17, lot 77) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 26-27.
Benjamin Ward House
John and Esther Ward Nichols House
David King House
Post Office
Item:
  • 14341   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 186 Shore Road
Description:
The ell on the house was built by Benjamin Ward [T-193] and given with a life estate proviso to John and Esther Ward Nichols, who built the main part of the house and then moved to Boston. It was purchased by David King, who established the first post office therein before 1836 [T-193]. Inherited by Joseph King, whose widow Adelaide Gilley King, sold to Raynor and Margaret Coggin Wellington and John Coggin Wellington 12/16/1918 (543/369). Land was added 8/29/1925 (595/575), excepting the parcel earlier sold to Rachel Evans; also 8/23/1940 (674/248), 6/11/1941 (682/116), and 10/26/1956 (810/25). It was conveyed to the John C. Wellington Family Limited Liability Company 9/12/1997 (2677/366). (map 17, lot 77) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 26-27. [show more]
3373Benjamin Ward House
John and Esther Ward Nichols House
David King House
Joseph King House
Post Office
  • Document, MHPC Survey
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
  • 1999
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 186 Shore Road
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0954
Benjamin Ward House
John and Esther Ward Nichols House
David King House
Joseph King House
Post Office
Item:
  • 3373   
Type:
  • Document, MHPC Survey
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
Date:
  • 1999
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 186 Shore Road
Source:
  • MHPC
Description:
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0954