Pres. Wm H. Taft and Summer Home, Beverly Cove, Mass.

Item

Title
Pres. Wm H. Taft and Summer Home, Beverly Cove, Mass.
Description
View of "Stetson Cottage", 55 Ober Street (now Lynch Park), The cottage was the summer home of John Stetson, founder of Stetson Hat Co., later owned by Robert and Marie Evans who rented it to President William Howard Taft for the Summer White House in 1909 and 1910. The house was moved to Marblehead in 1910. There is an insert picture of President Taft sitting on the veranda of the house.
Contributor
Institution: Beverly Public Library
Coverage
Massachusetts -- Essex (county) -- Beverly
Ober Street (Beverly, Mass.)
Date
ca. 1910
Format
image/jpeg
Publisher
Lynn, Mass. : Moehring & Groesbeck,
Subject
Dwellings
Presidents -- United States
Mansions
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
Stetson, John Batterson, 1830-1906
Type
still image
Cards
Original Format
1 postcard : b & w
Extent
14 x 8.5 cm.