Contributed by William Fogg Library
Description
Rosemary Cottage was founded in 1888 by the noted philanthropist Hannah Shapleigh Farmer, wife of inventor Moses Gerrish Farmer, as a summer home for mothers and their children from Boston.
The cottage provided from the city for the women and children.
The cottage operated well into the early twentieth century. The building was then sold and turned into apartments.
About This Item
- Title: Rosemary Cottage, Eliot, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Eliot, York County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Dimensions: 8.97 cm x 14.23 cm
- Collection: Postcard Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Dwellings--Maine--Eliot
- Camps--Maine--Eliot
- Rosemary cottage (Eliot, Me.)--Postcards
- Retreats--Maine--Eliot
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