Romey
The Romey cottage was built by Mary Hersey; an elementary school teacher from Milton. Mary had originally bought the old Doane Farm in the “teens”, sometime before 1920. Her sister Helen and Helen’s husband Howard Patterson lived with Mary on the Cape in the summers, and she lived with them in Milton during the winters. The upkeep of the farm eventually became too much for Mary so she decided to sell the Farm, and in 1946 she built a house next door, up the hill, overlooking Mill Pond and the Mill Race; 50 Nauset Heights [Read more …]
Burling “Nausetscape”
On October 11, 1941, Catherine Halladay Croll purchased 95 Nauset Heights Road, a property located on the edge of the bluff overlooking Nauset Harbor, the outer beach, and the Atlantic Ocean. Barnstable County records indicate the two-bedroom one-bath Craftsman-style cottage was built around 1918.
On December 11, 1941 (four days after Pearl Harbor) architect’s plans arrived. In less than six months, the little house was transformed into a 5 bedroom, 2 bath structure.
The house was inherited by Barbara Croll Burling in 1961 and is currently enjoyed by third and fourth generation family members.
Built-in the California bungalow style, the cottage features deep bracketed eaves, Eight over one window, and relatively high [Read more …]
Dunham Spencer-Pillard
The Seavers sold the cottage lot at 4 Standish to Ernest and Emma Marston of Westfield, NJ in September of 1923. Other lots were acquired from James Steele starting in 1925. The main house was built by the Marstons in 1924. After Charles and Hope Williams from Spuyten Duyvil, NY purchased the property in December of 1935, they expanded the main house, and added a carriage shed and stables in the garage for their horses. The Williams daughters, Sue and Edie, enjoyed horseback riding on the beach and around the Heights. A playhouse was also built later, to be used as a bunkroom for offspring and as a guest house. [Read more …]