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Built in 1869 by Isaac Cunningham, a farmer from Union, Pioneer Cottage was reported by "The Republican Journal" in 1879 to be the first private dwelling erected at Northport's Wesleyan Grove Camp Meeting.
In the preceding years Cunningham and other families camped under tents on small platforms for two weeks during the camp meeting. Town Methodist congregations also initially camped in tents before building large three-story Society cottages. Later, as privately owned summer homes circling Auditorium Park and Merithew Square, cottages continued to bear the names of the towns congregants attending the camp meetings came from.
The camp meeting newspaper, "The Sea Breeze," reported in 1887, “Old Pioneer cottage on Merithew Square has been so thoroughly Elizabethianized, the old residents will hardly recognize it. It is owned by J. A. Clement, of Searsport, and I. J. Johnson, of Bucksport.” Mr. Johnson was a Civil War Veteran who served in the 19th Marine Regiment Co. E, 6th Battery, Heavy Artillery.
In 1897 Rev. William J. Wilson and his wife celebrated their golden anniversary at Pioneer Cottage with 100 guests. The couple was presented seventy-five dollar gold pieces. A century later the cottage owners found pieces of the original canvas tent nailed to a board at the rear of the cottage and preserved them by covering them over with lap siding.
About This Item
- Title: Pioneer Cottage at Bayside, Northport, ca. 1910
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: Bayside, Northport, Waldo County, ME
- Media: Glass Plate Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: LB2007.1.106387
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
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