As I noted in a post from a few days ago, “The McIntire Garrison House is a historic house on Cider Hill Road in York, Maine. Built circa 1707, it is an extremely rare well-preserved example of a New England colonial log garrison house, built by settlers for defense against Native American attacks. The house, possibly the oldest in the state, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968.”
However, what this does not tell you is that this house has always remained in the ownership of the McIntire family, even though it has not been occupied full-time since 1870; however, the family has always maintained it, often using it as a vacation retreat.
But because of concerns that the family has going forward with preserving the property, its contents, the house and barn, it has just been acquired by the Old York Historical Society. Furthermore, those contents include red earthenware from various time periods original to the family’s ownership, whereas the picture shown below is an example of what they are finding. For example, the hanging flowerpot was probably made at the M.B. Paige Pottery in Peabody, Massachusetts after 1876, while the green glazed jug may have come from Merrimacport, Massachusettts before 1840, and the black glazed porringer could be from the eighteenth century, and perhaps made in Massachusetts (although there was also eighteenth century production elsewhere in coastal New England). Nonetheless, stay tuned for more details!
However, what this does not tell you is that this house has always remained in the ownership of the McIntire family, even though it has not been occupied full-time since 1870; however, the family has always maintained it, often using it as a vacation retreat.
But because of concerns that the family has going forward with preserving the property, its contents, the house and barn, it has just been acquired by the Old York Historical Society. Furthermore, those contents include red earthenware from various time periods original to the family’s ownership, whereas the picture shown below is an example of what they are finding. For example, the hanging flowerpot was probably made at the M.B. Paige Pottery in Peabody, Massachusetts after 1876, while the green glazed jug may have come from Merrimacport, Massachusettts before 1840, and the black glazed porringer could be from the eighteenth century, and perhaps made in Massachusetts (although there was also eighteenth century production elsewhere in coastal New England). Nonetheless, stay tuned for more details!
Note: Interestingly, I also recently noted that the Paige Pottery was shipping various wares to Grafton, New Hampshire in the late nineteenth century, whereas York was apparently another area that saw this company's wares distributed; but I also documented that it appeared that red earthenware from the Paige Pottery (and possibly the William Pecker Pottery in Merrimacport) was shipped to the Portland, Maine area in my latest published book, titled, From One Town Came: The Red Earthenware Industry of Ancient North Yarmouth, Maine: https://historicbeverly.net/product/94597/.
Red Earthenware Originally Owned by the Occupants of the McIntire Garrison House
This is the McIntire Garrison House in York, Maine
It was Built About 1707
Until Recently it Had Always Remained in the Same Family's Ownership
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Some of the Red Earthenware that is Original to this Property's Ownership
The Hanging Flowerpot was Likely Made in Peabody, Mass.
The Green Glazed Jug to the Left was Possibly Made in Merrimacport, Mass.
The Black Glazed Porringer May Date from the 1700s
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Photo Courtesy: Old York Historical Society
Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...
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