tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6696582391587199435.post5082241348133697311..comments2023-12-14T02:14:57.156-08:00Comments on Antique Houses Of Gloucester And Beyond: THE RETURN OF THE SOUP TUREENEdythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691023552149059460noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6696582391587199435.post-22260279700663616912020-09-05T14:56:17.261-07:002020-09-05T14:56:17.261-07:00I am researching a real estate speculator and arch...I am researching a real estate speculator and architect-builder Maud Brodrick of Newton who purchased a large plot of land from S. Griswold Morley in 1932. She created Manor House Road on it which was laid out from Ashton to Morton Street - thus adjacent to the land you mention in your blog. I wondered if I could get the photo of the Morton house on Cedar Street at a higher resolution for my research? Please contact me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102905112829370943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6696582391587199435.post-17902272916735789392017-07-17T13:18:22.135-07:002017-07-17T13:18:22.135-07:00That is an absolutely amazing story! I love all t...That is an absolutely amazing story! I love all the history that you share in your blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13392594186592633707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6696582391587199435.post-56445282085779137882017-07-16T15:33:08.924-07:002017-07-16T15:33:08.924-07:00Hi Jim,
It was the house in Templeton/Baldwinvill...Hi Jim,<br /><br />It was the house in Templeton/Baldwinville that I saw. I never saw the house in Newton. The house I did see could be a museum today. Not much had ever been changed. It came to a sad end. The family was headed toward a crisis as to what to do with it. One unseasonably warm and windy day in April around 1942 there was a forest fire some distance away but it moved quickly in the direction of the house. The cedars that surrounded the house burst into flame and at the end of the day nothing was left. The only things that survived are things that had been given to my mother and were safe and sound in the house where she lived during her second marriage to my father, the house I grew up in which was not far away. Considering the size of the family there are almost no descendants left. Very few people are alive that ever saw the inside of the house. Only the neighborhood kids that I let in when my mother was preoccupied. I took the key and opened the door. I know at least one other that remembers that caper besides me!<br />Pru<br />prudence fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940285046413262096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6696582391587199435.post-23771697939392824192017-07-16T12:32:18.279-07:002017-07-16T12:32:18.279-07:00Hello Prudence, How extraordinary to get your tur...Hello Prudence, How extraordinary to get your tureen back after losing it all that time. Too bad about all the other lost silver--it hurts even when when it is family pieces that are stolen or destroyed. <br /><br /> It was fascinating to read about your family history, so well documented with photographs of people and houses. The Newton house was especially attractive; you were lucky to visit it intact--it must have been very atmospheric. <br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.com