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Description
Captain Josiah Parsons (1750-1807), a veteran of the Revolutionary War, built this Federal style house in 1792 overlooking Greenleaf Cove, where he had a grist mill. The Cape style building on the left served as a trading post and was built around 1815.
Captain Parsons was buried in the family burying ground not far from the house. Etched in his gravestone were the words "He was a Patriot of Bunker Hill."
Dr. James and Alice Blake Williams owned the house in 1935 when Alice Williams took this picture from the Sheepscot River.
About This Item
- Title: Josiah K. Parsons homestead, Westport Island, ca. 1935
- Creator: Alice Blake Williams
- Creation Date: circa 1935
- Subject Date: circa 1935
- Location: Westport Island, Lincoln County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9.1 cm x 15 cm
- Collection: Williams Family Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Westport Island History Committee6 Fowles Point Road, Westport Island, ME 04578
(207) 882-8477
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