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John Martin (1823-1904) drew this illustration of the Lunt House at the corner of Cumberland and Center streets in Bangor as it appeared in the early 1850s when his brother-in-law Luther Cary bought it.
Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper, wrote and illustrated a journal in 1864 that recounted his experiences and activities. He included this illustration on page 402.
Martin wrote of the house's history, "This building was ocupied a number of years by Horatio Beale Painter & glazer then by Mr Samuel Lunt thereby Wm S Persons then by J S Stodard then Mrs Cary sold her premises for about nine hundred dollars and purchased this and ocupied it between one & two years when it was sold to Enoch Tebbetts for twelve hundred dollars and he sold it to Arvida Hayford who is its present owner." (1864)
He added a note in 1871, "Sold by J Robinson to an Irishman and moved to McGaws Brick yard April 6th 1871."
The Mrs. Cary to whom he referred was his mother-in-law. She sold the family home and bought this house, but put it in her son Luther's name.
About This Item
- Title: Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852
- Creator: John Martin
- Creation Date: 1864
- Subject Date: circa 1853
- Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 1972; 1997.16.4
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Bangor (Me.)--History
- Martin, John, 1823-1904
- Houses--Maine--Bangor
- Cary, Luther--Homes and haunts--Maine--Bangor
- Diaries
People
- Beale, Horatio
- Cary, Luther
- Hayford, Arvida
- Lunt, Samuel
- Martin, John
- Persons , William
- Stodard, J. S.
- Tebbetts, Enoch
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