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Inventory No:YAR.418
Historic Name:Howes, Mary Nickerson House
Common Name:
Address:228 Pleasant St
City/Town:Yarmouth
Village/Neighborhood:South Yarmouth Village; Bass River
Local No:226
Year Constructed:C 1820
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):Federal
Use(s):Secondary Dwelling House; Single Family Dwelling House
Significance:Architecture; Recreation
Area(s):
Designation(s):
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Office of the Secretary, State House, Boston
In Area no. Form no.
ss 228 Pleasant Street
jnt use Sunr.er residence
nt owner IrodericI: fanily
iption:
c. 1820
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l-eorgian reproduction
4. Map. Draw sketch of building location
in relation to nearest cross streets and
other buildings. Indicate north.
A/
.-ant Jane's Way
7M-7-77
Architect
Exterior wall fabric Wood shingles
Outbuildings (describe)
Full Cape type expanded with
Other features wider gables and higher roof
above front and back. 8/8 and 6/6 v.rindov.rs.
Adjoining windows on the gables are larger
than original type would be with 6/6 panes.
Central chimey. Side entrance has side lighl
but front entrance is typically **
Altered Date
Moved Date
5. Lot size-.
One acre or less Over one acre X_
Approximate frontage ?0'
Approximate distance of building from street
500 yards
6. Recorded by •.rick
Organization
Date
Yarmouth Historical Survey
10 September 197S
** Georgian with transom and classical pilasters
•
Subsequent uses (if any) and dates 18?Q moved and used as residence and sugaer house
8. Themes (check as many as applicable)
Aboriginal Conservation Recreation X
Agricultural _____ Education Religion
Architectural X Exploration/ Science/
The Arts X settlement invention
Commerce Industry Social/
Communication _____ Military humanitarian ___
Community development X Political ZZZZ Transportation X
9. Historical significance (include explanation of themes checked above)
About 1899 Mary Eickerson Howes, wife of Isaiah and daughter-in-law to Osbom, bought
and moved this house to its present location. The site she moved it from was the same
site where the Yarmouth tennis courts are today.
While the house was still at that site it was occupied by Captain Benjamin Bray. Captain
Bray distinguished himself during the 1860's and 1870's with the command of the new ship
Comet. The Comet was owned by the Howes and Crowell shipping company, (see below), and
was one of that firms larger capacity carrier.?. As well built and as sturdy as she was
her speed was also noted during a 111 day run from Boston to San Francisco in 1869.
Captain Bray later moved to a house on River Street opposite Pleasant and next to the
House of Seven Chimneys.
The house, according to unsubstantiated information was moved to its spot on Main Street
from elsewhere in the village. David Kelley is supposedly one of the original owners
but whether or not he is the builder, and where in town the house was located are facts
which remain elusive. It may be safe to assume that the house came from somewhere north
of Bridge Street, for it is there that the largest number of Eelleys lived.
This move was the beginning of, and an end to a particular life style for the Howes
family. As Mazy and her daughters sat in the parlor and directed the house movers where
to set this Cape as to afford the best view of the river, they contemplated their lives
thus far. They had lived for the past years in Kansas City, Missouri, far from the river
and their heritage. Isaiah had moved west with his family after his father's shipping
company of Howes and Crowell went under; this due to bad investments when the change
over from sial to steam powee came in. There they lived close by Willis C-arey and his
wife Marion, who was Mary's oldest daughter. After his death in 1697, Isaiah's family,
or at least his wife and unmarried daughters moved back east and began to take up residence
along the river. A few years after the purchase of this house Mazy bought and moved the
10. Bibliography and/or references (such as local histories, deeds, assessor's records,
early maps, etc.)
A. Mrs. Ann Kaxtone-Grahara, Aunt Edith's Way, Bass River
B. Mr. David Barus of Hew Jersey and 232 Pleasant Street, Bass River
C. 1880 and 1907 Atlases of Barnstable County
P. Forms # 208, 167, 168, 172.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Office of the Secretary, Boston
Community: Form No:
226*""
Property Name:
Indicate each item on inventory form which is being continued below.
"Paddock House", which had been her father-in-law's birthplace in 1806, (see form # 208),
It seems that already, that is between 1899 and about1905, the area became over
populated with Mary's children and grandchildren. They needed more room and what better
place than a hereditary homestead.
Soon all of Mary's children were married and their children were fast growing up and
relatives were everywhere. Marion's daughters were paring off with men like Maxwell
Barus, (who was a Howes cousin), Brian Leeb, (who is the present owner of this house),
and 2d'Tardo Correa. They moved houses to the river1: edge or built summer ones. Then
Edith and her children and her husband Irving Taylor took up summer residence in the
new house built in 1901, (see form # 215). "hen up the paths and through the wooded
areas were more relatives. Uncle Will Donald's daughter Jesse married a Hallowell and
there were more children to romp and play. The friends were there too; like Margaret
and Wilbur Spencer and liable Kittredge, Margaret's sister. The Frothinghams were just
tip the river a bit and down it a bit, were Will Stone and his Wife, who was the sister
to Charles Henry Davis.
In 1916 Mary died and the family's connection to the 19th century ended, more or less.
It was a new century and nearby Charles Henry Davis was advocating highways for as yet
non-existent cars. The wave of summer people, which Hary had such a tig hand in,
became a tidal wave and down on the river her family kept the memory and the faith;
and it continues today.
For historical accuracy two additional facts should be noted here:
1. Mary lived most of her winters, after Kanasas City, in New Jersey. There with her
daughter Marion and her husband, Willis Garey. They all came together to the river
for the summers.
2. The reason for the failing of the Howes and Crowell shipping company was"due to
a poor investment. They spent much developing the paddle wheel steamer only to see
the propellor•take over.
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