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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1786/00/00 Samuel W Rice Jr Master Samuel Rice Jr is master of the 179-ton brig POLLY on its first voyage to the West Indies. She was built in South Berwick at Pipe Stave Landing.
1788/00/00 Between 1785 and 1788 Jonathan Hamilton builds a grand mansion on the bluff overlooking the river at Pipe Stave Landing.
1825/00/00 Capt Theodore F Jewett Master Olive and Eliza - 386 tons, length: 111.7 feet, beam: 27.7, depth: 13.9 feet. William Hanscom, builder, South Berwick. Ferguson and Jewett and I D Parsons, owners. Theodore Jewett is master on first voyage, the Atlantic triangle trade route and Liverpool.
1846/00/00 Capt Theodore F Jewett Father Samuel W Jewett, son Theodore Jewett, was the captain of the BERWICK built at the Timothy Ferguson and Theodore Jewett shipyard at Pipe Stave Landing in 1832. Captain Samual and the BERWICK were lost at sea in a collision off Cape of Good Hope in 1846.

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Particulars for Jonathan Hamilton House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Occupation Privateer
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 70000082
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Georgian
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1787, 1788
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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