Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
Rosedale Farm was a multi-generation home and business in West Bath. In March 1894 John T. Rose purchased a 25-acre farm on Foster’s Point Road, where he raised poultry and cattle. Later, his son Henry Rose started a store at the house selling butter, cream, eggs, berries, vegetables, gas, and ice. He named the property Rosedale Farm.
Between 1913 and 1915 Fred Rose, Henry’s son, built a barn and outbuilding and added to the house. By 1926 the store was flourishing, selling farm products, groceries, confectioneries, soda, ice, and wood as well as Tydol gasoline and Veedol oils.
By 1953 the farm and store featured Guernsey milk and cream, and the Roses were representatives of the Eastern States Farmers Exchange, selling grain feed and farm supplies. Fred Rose retired from farming in the mid-1950s and moved his grain business to the former Trott Brothers Grain Store on Commercial Street in Bath.
The farmhouse burned to the ground in January 1965. The West Bath Town Hall was later built on the site.
About This Item
- Title: Rosedale Farm, West Bath, ca. 1930
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Location: West Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Glass Plate Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: LB2007.1.102917
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
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