Ye Romance of Old York

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...Khalsa of Nature opened to him. This locality in the immediate vicinage of the Lady Pepperrell house, the burial ground, the meetinghouse, and the parsonage, is notable as being the first settled portion of Kittery. It is Warehouse Point, and as the name indicates, it was from the first, the business end of the town or settlement. The old wharves here are eloquent, with their cobbled logs and rock ballast. The antiquary should begin right here, for chronologically Kittery was founded with the cellar of the father of Nicholas Shapleigh, and that cellar is within a stone's throw of the lower edge of the graveyard. On the west side of this enclos LAWRENCE'S COVE, WAREHOUSE POINT--THE SPARHAWK WHARVES ure is a lane, which is quite English in its kirkyard wall and embowered coolness; this lane runs past the Lady Pepperrell house, straight to the edge of the bluff that overhangs the west curve of Lawrence's Cove. Here is the Gerrish house that stands on the upper side of the lane and faces the sea, as do most of these old Kittery houses. This was known as the Piggin house in the ancient days. The style of its architecture was peculiar and won it that appellation. It has-suffered the usual ills common to things that get out of style, or rather it has suffered in the acquaintance that has been forced upon it; and yet the antiquated stoop, the little peaked porch gable, and a long, low sloping roof betray its lineage, and assert its claim to notability. Under its roof-tree are to be found treasures. There are some bits of old times worth seeing, that is, allowing that you are granted the opportunity. Kittery, after a fashion, is a Mecca for the lover of old and quaintly interesting things. They abound here, and these old houses are their places of usual ...