The brick mansion with 4 chimneys is the most notable building in the photo. I'm surprised it's not identified. James Roger's mention of the Sophrania Knowlton estate is interesting. Who was Sophrania?
Did James mean Sophronia Knowlton? When Sophronia A Knowlton was born on 6 June 1803, in New London, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Robert Knowlton, was 38 and her mother, Jemima Smith, was 35. She married Jonathan Flanders on 21 January 1820, in Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wendell, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States in 1850 and Sunapee, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States in 1870. She died on 15 March 1891, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Sunapee, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States.
I remember as a child in the 50’s driving past the barn where dances were held for the summer guests, and seeing the lights on and hearing the music. I always thought it was very exciting.
The brick mansion with 4 chimneys is the most notable building in the photo. I'm surprised it's not identified. James Roger's mention of the Sophrania Knowlton estate is interesting. Who was Sophrania?
Did James mean Sophronia Knowlton? When Sophronia A Knowlton was born on 6 June 1803, in New London, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Robert Knowlton, was 38 and her mother, Jemima Smith, was 35. She married Jonathan Flanders on 21 January 1820, in Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wendell, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States in 1850 and Sunapee, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States in 1870. She died on 15 March 1891, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Sunapee, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States.
I remember as a child in the 50’s driving past the barn where dances were held for the summer guests, and seeing the lights on and hearing the music. I always thought it was very exciting.
That must have been wonderful, too bad we don't have something like that now.