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14341Benjamin Ward House
John and Esther Ward Nichols House
David King House
Post Office
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  • 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
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]
14338Old Ward House
Benjamin Ward House
Customs House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 136 Seawall Road
The original house was built in 1830 for Benjamin Ward and is one of the oldest still existing buildings in Southwest Harbor. The house once held the U.S. Customs House [T-184] and was sold by Eldora Dolliver Ward to sea captain William W. King in 1905 (426/105). It was sold by Lottie King Reed to Emery Norwood in 1946 (712/121). Emery died July 22, 1953, leaving as heir-at-law Edna G. Hurd Norwood, who lived in the house until she sold it to John Eugene Jacobson in 1975 (1209/647). The shed ell was reported to have belonged to Albert “Uncle Al” King, who used it as a boat shed on the shore of 373 Seawall Road. The small barn in the rear is Jake Jacobson’s shop. (map 1, lot 44) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. - Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 78-79.
Old Ward House
Benjamin Ward House
Customs House
Description:
The original house was built in 1830 for Benjamin Ward and is one of the oldest still existing buildings in Southwest Harbor. The house once held the U.S. Customs House [T-184] and was sold by Eldora Dolliver Ward to sea captain William W. King in 1905 (426/105). It was sold by Lottie King Reed to Emery Norwood in 1946 (712/121). Emery died July 22, 1953, leaving as heir-at-law Edna G. Hurd Norwood, who lived in the house until she sold it to John Eugene Jacobson in 1975 (1209/647). The shed ell was reported to have belonged to Albert “Uncle Al” King, who used it as a boat shed on the shore of 373 Seawall Road. The small barn in the rear is Jake Jacobson’s shop. (map 1, lot 44) - Burnham, John, Rebecca. - Our Neighborhood – Manset and Seawall (Southwest Harbor Historical Society, Southwest Harbor, 2015) 78-79. [show more]