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Hobart House, Aaron
Keywords: Architecture
Description: Early residence. Aaron Hobart was the grandson of Col. Aaron Hobart, who made the first church bells cast in this country, later selling the business to Paul Revere. He also made cannon and cannon balls for the colonies during the Revolution. In 1786 Col. Aaron purchased Twp. 10, now Edmunds. His son, Isaac, settled in Edmunds in 1792. Isaac's eldest son, Aaron, was the one for whom this house was built about 1830. Aaron, who had seven sons, was in the lumbering and shipping business. He owned a wharf near which his sons built ships. Aaron was a member of the Building Committee when the Congregational meeting house was erected. His home had two and a half stories and a five-bayed front facing Denny's River.
Location: On the Preston Rd., across the river from the Lincoln House and the Congregational Church Building. Edmunds 04628
Open to the Public?: No
Hobart House, Nathaniel
Keywords: Architecture
Description: A house which was moved from Massachusetts. When Col. Aaron Hobart purchased Twp 10 (now Edmunds) in 1786, he purchased a house which stood on High St. in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and had it taken down and transported by schooner to Edmunds for his son Nathanie. It is evident from the belongings Nathaniel brought with him that he expected to live the life of a country gentleman, and that Edmunds wasn't suited to his life-style. In 1796 he sold his house, the large tract of land which extended from Rock Peter to Snare Marsh, and the Brisk Mill, and returned to Massachusetts. [Source: In part or entirety taken from "Sunrise County Architecture," 2nd edition, 1996, with permission of Sunrise Research Institute, Inc.]
Location: On the River Rd, in Edmunds; the first house beyond the upper bridge. Edmunds
Open to the Public?: No
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