The Republican journal., 1874-07-02
ANNALS VI BELFAST FOR IALf A CENTURY
& Y \ \ OLD ) ETH T. /;
CHAPTER NNuI- GS11l

erected; among them the house on High
street now occupied by MIR George f.
White, built by his fathcr-in-law Mr.. Benz.
llazeltine; the brick house on Church ST.
| now owned by EN-Gov Anderson. built
by Capt Hutson Bishop; the house on
the same street now occupied BY Mrs.
Bradbury, built By her husband, Nathaniel
II. Bradbury; the Bean and Derby brick
| block on Main street. the Town Hall. the
Eagle Hotel. Phoenix Row and the distil-
| lerv.
The Town Hall is the brick building ON
the Common standing next southerly from
| the meeting house. The room on the
ground floor was used for town meetings.
| until we became a city; the first meeting
| held in ii was on March 25th 1922, When
the county OF Waldo was established the
| room on the second floor was finished for
| q Court room and continued TO he occu-
| pied for that purpose until the new Court
House was built in 1888. The attic was
| finished for 4 Masonic Hall.
The Eagle Hotel, now the American
| House, was built by Otis Little OF tastina.
and Thomas Pickard Of this place II has
| been so much enlarged and modified, es
| pecially in its interior construction. that
brief description of it rs il was originally
may not be uninteresting The westerly
| front room on Main street was the parlor;
| the room inrear Of it, twenty three feet in
| length was the "spacious dining-room :"
| the two We're thrown into one on great oc
| casionsby means OF folding doors between
| them, The easterly front room was the
| Bar-room: the room in rear Of ii the sit
| ting-rOom the Bar was on the side Of the
| bar-room fronting the door on the easter
| ly end of the building which opens on The
| driveway leading from Main street to the
| stable. On the second floor were 4 hall
| over HE parlor and dining room, and five
| sleeping rooms; the hall was used for
| balls and dancing schools snd occasionally
for Lectures On the third floor there were
twelve sleeping rooms in fonr OF which
there were fire places Above these there
were, to use the language Of the Propri-
etors. "many apartment of circumambient
| construction where may be placed ten or
twelve bedsn There was a ''projectionn
or ell, from the main buildings eighteen
by twenty feet containing two kitchens
and two bedrooms over them. There was
no piazza in front as there now is When
| the ridge-pole was put in place n swivel
made fast to it was discharged TO announce
the important event. there were other
| w .llu bii VIZ 't',''i'l wv
| character of which must be left to the i'm
agination of our readers. The building
| was ready for occupancy on the first of
November but was not opened as u public
| house until the February following. John
w. Appleton from Portland. was its first
| landlord
Phoenix Row, erected on a portion Of
the territory burned over in November
| Of Oh IA, hf m ri "a
| wear and the larger portion of il immedi-
aatolr onnrn;od ma t;ret occnnants Of tho
CIV ctoros ronn,onc;nm at tha aaeto,l, and
,roro os tolloulc. .Jobn Anoiar toss 4
I o+bron ponionin Ua1eltina potar II
| smith Jobn kimboll and limos | ono.
po,thv. rho only ono of tho n,mha, nov,
I;v;nr I Mr. + ofbron who hos Ia. nony
roars rocidnd i, Nav yorl Mr. Ano;nr
was the father of Mr. Cakes Anoier Mn,
Uazoltine Of AIR Charles 2 IIazelt;ne
ona M, : nifh ol NJrq William Winslov
no descendant at either Of the other lem
| ontc j. ras;d;no hora In tha third Glory
~ tha etorn now occuniad IN Ni-4 Wathpi-
hoo 4horo ,7-oe . 1arua jol rallnd pho,,,;y-
Uoll u-bicl, VA fo,. MANY x-aarq tba loror-
a-t Az n,.;no;,7o1 ha1l N nlaca i, u-,4
,oad fo,, bollt and ,,olit;ool asran,hlaoa-
- VA tho mo,bar,nn nlooo ~ tho Whio4
1tn,.;,cr ,lo .1Ioc,- cohn md 1,rd- ci1,,., pa
iaantitol a,,,,,,3icr,, N 1o4o and raeo,ndad
n;rht attn,, n;rbt nni;l liz contest 10
onao1 With H. ro1I,.;no, .,r1- az .,'rn,no
oonoo ona 1rlor t,o, i tc,,- oI fix. 7-.t;no
which than and thnra 4t;1r..d tbe hearts q,
| tho ,aonla lila tho -ound nj. !, t,,,,,nat M,
still heard ocr97ionallv IN feeble tones
hit tho aionuant III Of Wcbrter Kelley
ofGeoroe " Cooley which held All heo1t
snaI bonnd In The word +ha,- ,,t+oroa
long ago put on The purple h1e al death
The di1tillery stood OF The banh in rear
OF the premise now occupied bY A, X L
Moore and 'lhomaT /. LOGAN, near the
+ water, Just noItherly OF IN old brick ward
the remains 0i which a Well a 4 portion
OF the digtllery wharf are still visible. Ii
waq built bv John Slade \ Son OF Boston
for Alfred Curtis Of that city and capt
William Barns Of This place. who con5tltll-
ted one Of the numerous firms over which
Samuel Upton was the presiding genius
| 1t was built OF brick and was one hundred
feet in length by fifty in width. II contain
Ell torty-tWo thousand gallon ciSterns
with heaters, 'ondenfrrS and stills OF sui
hclent power and capacity 10 manuiact
~ NJ i'Nr ~ rnoils ~ I'm pr ','N
|
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rum ~ llI''l y MN rrlu'lioi' anu from
'.'c iiic'i,oo " liia'i"'''t"'c 'lio 'iic SUPP
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w ~ Mol''. ni"'n per salion ''!a' %ny
1.hrl rum lltll ila'lii'cl!IIe' III Ne"
l"ln' ~ WY suppiie ~, ~ Malel lioh
iosci VIZ pil tlio iiii'-Sl''o ''.s' "'oNt
H. r'rlic' hiakll3 an excavation las!
iili ileaf me foaa "hich runs Westerly o.
us size came across reservoir ABOUT fifteen
ieel square, SUBSTANTIALLY punt, the origin
OF when was unknoWnt to the owner OF the
premises and was the occasion OF no little
Wonuermeht TO 1hoSe whose ATTENTION was
caiied 70 IT; 1t was one OF ne reservoirs
"hlch Supplleo the old oi31lllefN'
connected WIN 'he dlShIlery was large
slore-honse OF capacity suiiicleht 70 holc
I'VE hundred hogSheadS; 1t was used Ion