William Marston House

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=460 BGCOLOR="#0099FF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>Marstons Mills Historical Society ~ Photo Album</I></div> <div> <I>       ______________________________________________________________________________________________</I></div> <div> <I><B>The Village Center</B></I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="d6593ee0.jpg" border=0 width="659" height="494" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <B> William Marston House</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Pictured:  </B></FONT>This is the William Marston House built by Benjamin Marston.</div> <bR> <div> <B>History:  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >This house was built in 1780 and was occupied by Dr. James Haydn Higgins at the time of this photograph.</FONT></div> <div> This property is listed on the National Register Of Historic Places.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Today:  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Except for minor renovations, these buildings and the property remain essentially the same at 71 Route 149.</FONT></div> <div> From 1985 to 2000 this was the location of the <B>Inn At The Mills</B>, operated by Bill Henry and Peter Erceg.</div> <div> During that period over 250 wedding receptions took place on the lawn seen in the center of this photograph.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Source:  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >This photo is from a postcard which was untitled, postally unused and undated.</FONT></div> <div> An annotation on the back says:  "Higgins Homestead looking over the Mill Pond - Marstons Mills. Bldgs at left are dark red,</div> <div> chimney natural stones. Bldgs on right, most prominent one is buff with green blinds. The others unpainted with white trimmings."</div> <bR> <div> From the collection of The Marstons Mills Historical Society. © 2004, The Marstons Mills Historical Society, All Rights Reserved.</div> <bR> <div>  <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-379555-1"; urchinTracker(); </script>  </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=20 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Links:</FONT>  <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to Marstons Mills"><U>Home</U></A> | <A HREF="map.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MarstonsMills.org Site Map"><U>SiteMap</U></A> | <A HREF="mmhs_home.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marstons Mills Historical Society"><U>MMHS</U></A> | <A HREF="id348.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marstons Mills Historical Society Photo"><U>Photo Album</U></A> | <A HREF="id356.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Previous Picture</U></A> | <A HREF="id358.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Post Office"><U>Next Picture</U></A> | <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Page new: February 14, 2004</FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>