House across from the New Ipswich Market?

New Ipswich Historical Society

Yesterdays Mystery Photo

Could it be this house across from the New Ipswich Market?

William Jurian Kaula diary

20 MAY 1898

Mr. Dearth advises me to get as many sky studies as I can as I shall find them very useful when I return to Boston.  This is a much more moist climate than that of New England and the skies have more clouds and more variety of forms.  The cloud scenery varies every day and certain effects that are common here will be rare at home.  There is an absence of color in the skies in France compared with our New England skies.  The color here is delicate and occasionally very fine at sundown, but there is not that continual richness and glow that distinguishes a New England sunset.  I shall not be dissapointed [sic], I am sure, to return to painting our own landscape.  The sight of the beautiful country here has not made me forget our own for, after all, I must live and paint in my own country and be satisfied with what we have.  We have plenty of material for painters in America but many find it hard to find it as they see all things with the affectation acquired abroad.  The landscape in France cannot be equaled for its picturesque tree forms and villages of stone houses.  American houses are not very picturesque as a rule.  Our landscape is fine in line and form of hills and valleys, we have glorious skies and evenings full of color, effects of all kinds that in themselves are sufficient for any painter.  Material is not lacking anywhere.

James Roger diary entry

20th May 1912

Cloudy; occasional drizzle; east to southeast wind. David ploughing at Walkers’. I cut some lots and went to mail. Got letter from Hamish; also a box of roses, which he sent from Troy. Mr. Bucknam fixing a base for monument on Fred Preston’s grave. Lecture at Academy tonight. Subject: Foods, Milk. A very good lecture, only accoustics {sic] of Hall are bad.