Saturday, April 24, 2010

Survey Pins 2: Claire Dunn Johnson, "I See by the Paper" (Vol. 1)

p. 59 "The January 9, 1874, Caledonian reported that the Athenaeum and Art Gallery were thrown open for New Year's evening, and the town invited in. The band was in attendance, and the art gallery was lighted with gas for the first time and made more attractive than ever by the addition of a few choice paintings. This New Year's reception became a feature which continued until Horace Fairbanks' death in 1888."

p. 83 the house "Mayview" on the height of land just east of Arnold Park was the home later of L. D. Hazen (lumber baron) and his son Charles Downer Hazen, "a notable historian-author, who spent summers here, writing." Did Hazen ever lecture at Athenaeum Hall?

 p. 101 Nov 20, 1884, "Music Hall" opened (later the Colonial Theatre, to fire May 29, 1924).

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