Update: See Home History - Part III for updated information.
My wonderful wife had a week off from work due to spring break in March. She took that time to research our home's history in Town Hall. Since government offices closes at 4:00 PM during the working week and is closed on weekends, my wish to peruse the records is nullified as I, like most people, work.
My wonderful wife had a week off from work due to spring break in March. She took that time to research our home's history in Town Hall. Since government offices closes at 4:00 PM during the working week and is closed on weekends, my wish to peruse the records is nullified as I, like most people, work.
Starting with the most recent owner of record, she was able to trace the history back to the mid-19th century before the records ended due to the town having been incorporated in 1849.
Here is what she was able to decipher from the printed and handwritten documentation in the Town Hall Vault:
Owner (Last Name) Year Cost Notes
"Us" 2011 $275,000
Dion, D. 1992
Tinney, D. 1989 Survivor
Tinney, H. & D. 1978
Vezina, E. & L. 1968 $ 12,750
Mell, D. 1965 $ 10
Warner, Carl G. 1965 Executor
Warner, J. G. 1934 $ 5,000
Warner, Carl G. 1929 Executor/Inherited
Warner, James H. 1898 Inherited
Warner, James ? Home's Name Sake
Merriam 1842
End of Known Records
The owners of our home varied greatly. There were numerious instances where the home was sold for $1 to family members (or $5,000 as the case may be) or as part of debt settlements throughout the later 19th and early 20th centuries. The above list is abbreviated.
According to the folklore from the prior owner and other documentation (like the tacky brass mail order plaque she screwed to the exterior wall), our home was "built" by James Warner in 1760.
If I ever get a chance, or time, I'll have to dig up some more information...
