Featured Artifact of the Week

Print

Laser print of the Sherman Dewey Fletcher house at 33 Main St. in 1899. Capt. Sherman Heywood Fletcher (1846-1928) of Troop F, MVM, is holding reins of a horse on the bottom right. Emily Augusta Fletcher (1819-1901) is in the buggy with their dog at the bottom center. Sherman D. Fletcher (1810-1886) is in the top hat to the right of the buggy. The person standing in the barn is unidentified. Still standing today, the house was built in 1848 by Sherman D. Fletcher, having purchased the property from Capt. Jeremiah Cogswell (1735-1820).

W.1998.17.1a