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Most of the credit for establishing what is known as the Haven Colony is attributed to Noah Tibbetts who was born in Brooksville, Maine in 1851, went to Washington DC as a young man, and served forty eight years there in the U.S. Pension Office before retiring to Brooklin, Maine. He started a boarding house in Brooklin during the late 1800's and then began building cottages and a large dining room for family and friends. "Other cottages followed and the summer community thrived. As seen in the Dining Hall advertisement, Noah originally provided all cottages with services for five to seven dollars per week (thanks to Jane Hooper and Sunny Toulmin in their 'Memories of Haven Colony, Brooklin, Maine')." Our cottage is on Mandalay Lane (also sometimes referred to as Maiden Lane). "In the old days there was a narrow dirt path leading from this level of cottages to Steamboat Road with beautiful and exotic flowers growing along the way. Haven ladies walked the path from the Dining Hall dressed in their trailing finery to make their morning calls, and later to attend tea and/or evening musicals (reminisces of former owners Marion Graves Kellams and Claudia Graves Crosby in 'Memories of Haven Colony, Brooklin, Maine')."
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[Info thanks to Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Bay Community Register and "Memories of Haven Colony, Brooklin, Maine"] |
