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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 319
Office the Secretary, State House, Boston
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Saurce Books, deeds
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4. Map. Draw sketch of building location Architect �
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings': Indicate north. Exterior wa.11 fabric Clapboard
Outbuildings (describe) -
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� Other features Residential area,
Mill Lane brick foundation, rental in barn,
half�Cape.
Akin Avenue
Altered • X Date
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One acre or less X Over one acre
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� 6. Recorded by Susan Greene
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OrganiZation Survey
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Wing Avenue �over)
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ry fozm which is being continued belav.
Cato,a n�gro� had a small house on that lot
` his daughter. His wife was a full blooded inan which he lived with
, M�'. Winq, Cato was I�.vinq in 1931. p ian. . . . � Accordinq to
notes, „. . � � when it was A�� �nother poir�t the author
for saltworks, it $o pr°pQ3ed to use land (Indian Burial Ground)
Indian who occupied theilast Wito, a negro� whose wife Lucy was an
disinterred and buried with theothers.„ara�outh that the bodies were
From i945 to 1967 Harold�s daughter {see monument form #� ��
the house. Local real estate agents,psi'stersrShirenichBaker owned
Francis, owned it only long enough to sell it to Re i a$e and Aa►y
in 1967. He ran a re- g nald Nickerson
the house and rent he barn�whi h�is.ere� The present owners live 3n
, a: very-n�Ce--home in �o� attached--to' the house. It is �
from 1780 to 1810 but despiteiextensive deed res
I feel the date could be
owner, na original deed can be found. earch b ��here
a well-settled house. The door is stricti beick foundationssuf and the
both nine over six and vertical two over two, the ab pports
the 8treet and an extension ia in the rear y �ly Georgian, the windows
the door but could have been at g le does not face
an earlier�datee �himney is not over
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7. Origina.l owner (if known)
Original use •
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Subsequeat uses (if aay) and da.tes nn�+t�tr�a nff i t�ss� 1S9Q�g� nrP arAnnl � 1967 �
8. T�mes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation Recreation
Agricultural � Education �_ fteligion
ArcAitectural g Exploration/ Science/
The Arts settlement invention
Commerce Industry Social/
Communication Military humanitarian
Community development Political Transportation
9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above) �
In 1852 Polly Parker Crowell bought this house from her brother Elisha �
Parker who also owned two houses nearby, (see building forms # 316 and
# 206 ). Parker was a shoemaker who moved to Bass River from West Yar-
iaouth in the 1850�s. Probably he bought this house from Zeno Kelley,
a prosperous land owner. Others who owned the house as a group included
the children of Polly and Judah Crowell, Joseph and his wife Sophia,
Albert and his wife Susan, and a daughter Mary who was married to Nelson
Crowell. Po�ly's husband Judah had died in Providence and Albert lived
in Providence. Joseph Crowell was an important member of the Methodist
Church in Basa River by donating money to the building fund in 1851 and
inviting ladies to help in running the church in 1867.
In 1878 theae five Crowells sold the ho�se to D=. Handp $arris and his
� wife Experience. Harris was one of the few physicians in Bass River at
this time. He had been a clergyman and a homeopath (one who uaes herbs
to cure diseases). He also pulled teeth in emergencies. Thie house
vras hie off ice.
In 1692 Ernest P. Ba]cer and his son Harold bought the house and farmed
the land. Of Ernest, John Sears II said� "Ae was the only man around
to have been able to use a scythe to mow as close to the ground as a
lawn mower." Lillian, Erneet Baker�s daughter, who was born and raised
in this houae, married John Sears ,I. John and his son John Seara II
• atarted �the�=Sea„rs -and -Son� nursery �da�n -a ways on-Main °Street -in -1931.
� � Jenkins, writing in 1915 about the past, says, "Coming to the house
occupied by Ernest P. Baker, Mr. (Orlando) Wood said, �In my day old
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor�s records,
early maps, etc.)
l. "Old Quaker Village" , Jenkins, 1915 (pages 7 and 36, quotes )
2. Deeds, book 134, p. 501
3. Oral-from John Sears of Great Western Road
4. "A History of Barnstable County" , Deyo
5. Vital Statistics of Yarmouth before 1850
6. pYesterday' s Tide�� , F. Baker, 1941
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