The Gothic Revival yellow house on Route 20 was likely built in the 1870’s by Austin Bartlett (1834-1879), a carpenter by trade who produced and sold lumber at this site. Four buildings including the house, sawmill and a blacksmith shop are here. He died young and his widow Irene took in boarders to support her young daughters. The 1880 census shows 8 workers from the Becket Quarry living here with the Bartletts, and Irene’s brother was here as well. Sadly, by 1891 the younger daughter Bessie was the only surviving family member at age 18. She sold the property, married her sister’s widower and took her young niece to the city.

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