lost at sea.
excerpt from the Globe
"A stroll down Centerville's Main Street offers charm and a touch of history. The former stagecoach route (still called Old Stage Road at the approach) is lined with gracious 19th-century captains' homes, each with its own seafaring story. The Centerville Historical Society, which occupies one of the houses, offers walking tours and maps identifying many sites of local lore - the front porch where Captain John Baker lived out his days in a wheelchair after being stricken with African Fever aboard his ship Pride and Port; the house where widow Julia Crosby raised her six children after her husband, Captain Philander Crosby, was lost at sea in a blizzard; or the residence of the famous Boston restaurateur and abolitionist, Captain Russell Marston (his restaurant was said to be the only eatery in Boston to welcome men of color at the time)."
Diane Speare Triant is a freelance writer who lives in Wellesley Hills and summers in West Hyannisport.
This story ran on page M01 of the Boston Globe on July 25, 1999.
additional information courtesy of Oly in the forums.
excerpt from the Globe
"A stroll down Centerville's Main Street offers charm and a touch of history. The former stagecoach route (still called Old Stage Road at the approach) is lined with gracious 19th-century captains' homes, each with its own seafaring story. The Centerville Historical Society, which occupies one of the houses, offers walking tours and maps identifying many sites of local lore - the front porch where Captain John Baker lived out his days in a wheelchair after being stricken with African Fever aboard his ship Pride and Port; the house where widow Julia Crosby raised her six children after her husband, Captain Philander Crosby, was lost at sea in a blizzard; or the residence of the famous Boston restaurateur and abolitionist, Captain Russell Marston (his restaurant was said to be the only eatery in Boston to welcome men of color at the time)."
Diane Speare Triant is a freelance writer who lives in Wellesley Hills and summers in West Hyannisport.
This story ran on page M01 of the Boston Globe on July 25, 1999.
additional information courtesy of Oly in the forums.
lost at sea.
excerpt from the Globe
"A stroll down Centerville's Main Street offers charm and a touch of history. The former stagecoach route (still called Old Stage Road at the approach) is lined with gracious 19th-century captains' homes, each with its own seafaring story. The Centerville Historical Society, which occupies one of the houses, offers walking tours and maps identifying many sites of local lore - the front porch where Captain John Baker lived out his days in a wheelchair after being stricken with African Fever aboard his ship Pride and Port; the house where widow Julia Crosby raised her six children after her husband, Captain Philander Crosby, was lost at sea in a blizzard; or the residence of the famous Boston restaurateur and abolitionist, Captain Russell Marston (his restaurant was said to be the only eatery in Boston to welcome men of color at the time)."
Diane Speare Triant is a freelance writer who lives in Wellesley Hills and summers in West Hyannisport.
This story ran on page M01 of the Boston Globe on July 25, 1999.
additional information courtesy of Oly in the forums.
excerpt from the Globe
"A stroll down Centerville's Main Street offers charm and a touch of history. The former stagecoach route (still called Old Stage Road at the approach) is lined with gracious 19th-century captains' homes, each with its own seafaring story. The Centerville Historical Society, which occupies one of the houses, offers walking tours and maps identifying many sites of local lore - the front porch where Captain John Baker lived out his days in a wheelchair after being stricken with African Fever aboard his ship Pride and Port; the house where widow Julia Crosby raised her six children after her husband, Captain Philander Crosby, was lost at sea in a blizzard; or the residence of the famous Boston restaurateur and abolitionist, Captain Russell Marston (his restaurant was said to be the only eatery in Boston to welcome men of color at the time)."
Diane Speare Triant is a freelance writer who lives in Wellesley Hills and summers in West Hyannisport.
This story ran on page M01 of the Boston Globe on July 25, 1999.
additional information courtesy of Oly in the forums.
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