Caroline "Caro" was the great-granddaughter of Captain Elijah Cobb, the last of the Cobb line to occupy the "Captain Elijah Cobb House" on Lower Road, Brewster, MA, now the headquarters and museum of the Brewster Historical Society. From the BHS website:
"Captain Cobb's great-granddaughter, Caro Dugan, was born on March 26, 1853 and lived most of her life with her mother, Helen Cobb Dugan, in her great-grandfather's home. In her lifetime the property still extended to the bay; the family built a beach house on the bluff as well as a guest cottage and numerous additions to the main structure. Ms. Dugan's father died when she was still a young child, requiring her mother to take in summer boarders to augment her income. In 1888 a professional photographer named Cornelius Chenery started boarding with the Dugans. Evidence suggests that at the very least a close student/teacher relationship existed between them, if not a relationship of another kind. Over four-hundred glass plate negatives taken by the pair documenting the Cobb House and life in Brewster at the turn of the last century are in the custody of the Brewster Historical Society. (See the historic photos on this website)
Caro Dugan also kept a lively and colorful diary, recently published by Brewster Ladies Library, which recounts her life in the Cobb House during the years 1873 – 1878. Ms. Dugan served a librarian and lifelong supporter of the library.
The Captain Elijah Cobb House stayed in the family until Ms. Dugan's death in 1941. She too is buried in the cemetery on Lower Road. The house had fallen on hard times when Francis Chapin purchased the property in the early 1990s, removed several ells that had been added in the previous century, and restored the home to its original configuration.
"Captain Cobb's great-granddaughter, Caro Dugan, was born on March 26, 1853 and lived most of her life with her mother, Helen Cobb Dugan, in her great-grandfather's home. In her lifetime the property still extended to the bay; the family built a beach house on the bluff as well as a guest cottage and numerous additions to the main structure. Ms. Dugan's father died when she was still a young child, requiring her mother to take in summer boarders to augment her income. In 1888 a professional photographer named Cornelius Chenery started boarding with the Dugans. Evidence suggests that at the very least a close student/teacher relationship existed between them, if not a relationship of another kind. Over four-hundred glass plate negatives taken by the pair documenting the Cobb House and life in Brewster at the turn of the last century are in the custody of the Brewster Historical Society. (See the historic photos on this website)
Caro Dugan also kept a lively and colorful diary, recently published by Brewster Ladies Library, which recounts her life in the Cobb House during the years 1873 – 1878. Ms. Dugan served a librarian and lifelong supporter of the library.
The Captain Elijah Cobb House stayed in the family until Ms. Dugan's death in 1941. She too is buried in the cemetery on Lower Road. The house had fallen on hard times when Francis Chapin purchased the property in the early 1990s, removed several ells that had been added in the previous century, and restored the home to its original configuration.
Caroline "Caro" was the great-granddaughter of Captain Elijah Cobb, the last of the Cobb line to occupy the "Captain Elijah Cobb House" on Lower Road, Brewster, MA, now the headquarters and museum of the Brewster Historical Society. From the BHS website:
"Captain Cobb's great-granddaughter, Caro Dugan, was born on March 26, 1853 and lived most of her life with her mother, Helen Cobb Dugan, in her great-grandfather's home. In her lifetime the property still extended to the bay; the family built a beach house on the bluff as well as a guest cottage and numerous additions to the main structure. Ms. Dugan's father died when she was still a young child, requiring her mother to take in summer boarders to augment her income. In 1888 a professional photographer named Cornelius Chenery started boarding with the Dugans. Evidence suggests that at the very least a close student/teacher relationship existed between them, if not a relationship of another kind. Over four-hundred glass plate negatives taken by the pair documenting the Cobb House and life in Brewster at the turn of the last century are in the custody of the Brewster Historical Society. (See the historic photos on this website)
Caro Dugan also kept a lively and colorful diary, recently published by Brewster Ladies Library, which recounts her life in the Cobb House during the years 1873 – 1878. Ms. Dugan served a librarian and lifelong supporter of the library.
The Captain Elijah Cobb House stayed in the family until Ms. Dugan's death in 1941. She too is buried in the cemetery on Lower Road. The house had fallen on hard times when Francis Chapin purchased the property in the early 1990s, removed several ells that had been added in the previous century, and restored the home to its original configuration.
"Captain Cobb's great-granddaughter, Caro Dugan, was born on March 26, 1853 and lived most of her life with her mother, Helen Cobb Dugan, in her great-grandfather's home. In her lifetime the property still extended to the bay; the family built a beach house on the bluff as well as a guest cottage and numerous additions to the main structure. Ms. Dugan's father died when she was still a young child, requiring her mother to take in summer boarders to augment her income. In 1888 a professional photographer named Cornelius Chenery started boarding with the Dugans. Evidence suggests that at the very least a close student/teacher relationship existed between them, if not a relationship of another kind. Over four-hundred glass plate negatives taken by the pair documenting the Cobb House and life in Brewster at the turn of the last century are in the custody of the Brewster Historical Society. (See the historic photos on this website)
Caro Dugan also kept a lively and colorful diary, recently published by Brewster Ladies Library, which recounts her life in the Cobb House during the years 1873 – 1878. Ms. Dugan served a librarian and lifelong supporter of the library.
The Captain Elijah Cobb House stayed in the family until Ms. Dugan's death in 1941. She too is buried in the cemetery on Lower Road. The house had fallen on hard times when Francis Chapin purchased the property in the early 1990s, removed several ells that had been added in the previous century, and restored the home to its original configuration.
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