Sketch by Sears Gallagher c. 1900. 1250 Ferry St. Looking S.E. from Sea St. & Ferry St.
Beautiful rendition of a gambrel cape home located on the South River waterfront. I assume it was built near 1880, The building shows in a 1883 photo i have.
Guy Keith (1885-1952) and his wife, long time residences, of 1250 Ferry St., raised their family of four, John, Robert, William and Florence.
As far as I remember , Guy was a waterman, clam digger, clam warden, and assistant Harbor Master for the South River. Mr. Keith also built small boats & Dory’s. He rented row boats to fishermen & clammers.
As a very young person and being pushed around in a stroller, I remember visiting Mrs. Keith with my Mom, It was a past time of my Mom’s to stop in and have a chat with this-one- and- that-one along her routes. This was a treat for me too, these ladies were great cooks and always had a treat of cookies— or a cookie. They were hard times, enduring The Great Depression. A time of no frills.
I think Mrs Keith sold baked goods on weekends to the visitors of Humarock Beach. A number of homemakers did this along the route to the beach.
Today’s view of 1250 Ferry St.
This area is the site of Hall’s Shipyard, operated by three brothers, William, Samuel, & Luke. From 1825 to 1840. This area along Ferry St. was known as Whites Ferry, The first Court ordered Ferry in America, 1638.
This painting by W. Ray Freden is a rendition of what Hall’s shipyard could have looked like.
Looking North with the North River (now South River) and The Hummocks, ( now Humarock) to the right.
Ferry St to the far upper left. The Sea St. Bridge now crosses the river just beyond the furthest crane.
Looking north from the once Hall’s Shipyard with the Sea St. bridge and the Gambrel Cape on the left. c 1910.
Another of Gallagher’s sketches. A close look revels children playing under a typical windblown red Car tree. Across the river on the left shows the North River House.
Another interesting sketch by Gallagher, Children playing under wind blown Red Cedar tree. on the Humarock side ( left)The right side and across the river, the North River house can be seen.
Sears Gallagher spent many hours with friends in the village of Sea View & Humarock in the early 1930’s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Gallagher.
There was once in time, my footprints could be seen here.
W. Ray freden, Seaview, Marshfield 70 years.