President Taft's summer home, Beverly, Mass.

Title

President Taft's summer home, Beverly, 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.

Contributor

Institution: Beverly Public Library

Coverage

Massachusetts -- Essex (county) -- Beverly

Ober Street (Beverly, Mass.)

Format

image/jpeg

Subject

Dwellings

Presidents -- United States

Mansions

Stetson, John Batterson, 1830-1906

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Type

still image

Cards

Original Format

1 postcard : col.

Extent

14 x 8.5 cm.