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Mark Twain & Helen Keller – 1909

May 10, 2012 • × •

Mark Twain & Helen Keller – 1909

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Notable Neighbors

Aviation pioneer and manufacturer Igor Sikorsky lived the final 20 years of his life on Morehouse Road.

Helen Keller posing with Mark Twain at Stormfield in January of 1909

Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, Mark Twain and publisher Laurence Hutton at one of their first encounters in 1894

1939 Helen Keller stands behind the model of her new home Arcan Ridge, donated by Gustav Pheiffer at her immediate right

Julia & George Halzack with sons Nicholas and Peter c. 1923

Singer and radio personality Vaughn deLeath who lived at 910 Sport Hill Road starting in 1924

Stephen Dohanos painting Red Cross poster

Samuel P. Senior lived at Tersana on Sport Hill Road. He was the president of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company and Tersana Acres on the eastern side of Sport Hill.

Artist & Sculptor Frederick Charles Shrady lived at 190 Maple Road from 1959 until his death in 1990.

Novelist & Playright Edna Ferber lived on Maple Road during the 1940’s and ’50’s.

Rudolph Bannow, President & Founder of Bridgeport Machines and head of the National Association of Manufacturers during the Eisenhower Administration. He resided on Flat Rock Drive.

Three generations of the Marsh family in 1910. Ambrose Marsh at the left was a 2 time State Representative, grandson Laurence, atop the horse, would become the President of the Marsh Dairy, and Ambrose’s sons George and Ralph would one day become officers of the Volunteer Fire Department, with George serving as President from 1945-1950.

Helen Keller captivates Charlie Chaplin

1955 on the set of Giant. Author Edna Ferber talking with actor James Dean. Ferber wrote Giant while living on Maple Road in Easton.

Adams Schoolhouse

1969. The Adams School is moved to what we hope will be its final home on Westprt Road.

Haeublein’s Store & Post Office c.1910 corner of Sport Hill & Adams Road

c.1095. The Adams schoolhouse in its original setting. Looking east from Sport Hill Road, Adams Road at the right.

1 Adams Road. Ebenezer Seeley House c.1810

615 Sport Hill Road. Hehemiah DeForrest House c.1770. Later Adams store & tavern

The Adams School at its original location on Adams Road just east of Sport Hill. Early 20th century photo.

Reflections on Adams Schoolhouse

Undated Adams School Students

Adams School class photo c.1900

Laura Adams Clark teacher

Adams School teacher Emily Lewis c.1885

Michael Berman’s Adams Schoolhouse

Adams Schoolhouse students. Adams School was originally located on Adams Rd. just east of intersection w/Sport Hill

The 2011 Adams Schoolhouse Holiday Open House

Path to the Privy – The Adams Schoolhouse – A watercolor painting by Tom Spurr

Children making ornaments at the Holiday Open House at Adams Schoolhouse

Historic Homes

355 Sport Hill Road. Captain Sherwood c.1715

North Park Avenue Patterson Homestead lost to Easton Lake c.1926

70 Redding Road. Ebenezer Thorp House c.1750

1 Adams Road. Ebenezer Seeley House c.1810

640 Morehouse Road. Alfred Burr House c.1794. Rectory for Notre Dame Church

1910 Platsville Sawmill at foot of Sport Hill Road

131 Sport Hill Road. Built 1875 Edwin Godfrey. Later Tersana Farm owned by Samuel P. Senior

1896 Sweetbriar Farm was the home of Sylvanus & Mary Mallett. Located at 1020 Sport Hill Road the house was built in 1889.

Birdseye Beers house sat on spur road near foot of Flat Rock. Moved when Easton Lake was built c.1927

265 Center Road. James Johnson c.1800

35 Old Oak. Issac Bennett House. Built by Captain Nathaniel Seeley late 1700’s. “Ye Olde Oak” still stands in front.

24 Marsh Road. Harry Escott House built 1926.

1934 photo of Ida Tarbell home on Valley Road.

145 Sherwood Road. Sherwood Homestaed c.1860. C.1878 photo

136 Sport Hill Rd. Ezra Seeley House c1803. Later the Yellow Bowl Tea Room. Photo c.1940

1946. Bradley Hubbell House on Black Rock Turnpike dates to early 1800’s

75 North Street. Jeb Curtis House c.1790

245 Rock House Road. Perhaps the oldest known house in Easton it dates between 1683 and 1710. 1937 Photo when house was owned by Jane Dillon, it has since been restored to orginal appearance and dormers removed.

35 Old Redding Road. Moses Dimon House c.1725. Gustav Pfeiffer Estate and cornerstone property of his Apetuck Farms in the 1930’s.

“Sweetbriar” buily 1889 by Syvanus Mallett. c1896 photo

211 Center Road. Reverend James Johnson House c.1760

5 Knapp Street. George Knapp House c.1864

412 Sport Hill Road. Sherwood House c.1780

32 Bibbins Road. Ebenezer Hubbell Hosue c.1740