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2007  2 Lincoln Avenue  16 Siloam Avenue  25 Commonwealth Square  6 Siloam Avenue  19 Wesleyan Grove  27 Trinity Park  Attleboro House  Cottage Museum Wedesday, August 8, 2007 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Tickets $25.00 To Benefit the Tabernacle Restoration Fund This year featuring 6 private cottages, The Attleboro House, and the Cottage Museum. * * * Refreshments are included with admission * * * Tickets will be available at the Tabernacle on the day of the tour. Click on the PayPal icon to purchase tickets NOW via PayPal 
According to architectural historian Ellen Weiss, "a new American building type, the campground cottage" was developed on the grounds of the Martha's Vineyard Campmeeting Association between 1859 and 1964. The doors and windows of the cottages are generally of two types, the Gothic Revival style, with pointed arches above the windows and doors, and the Romanesque style, with rounded arches. Some of the early furnishings dating from the 19th century are preserved in the cottages. Admission to the Campground Cottage Tour is $25.00 and will benefit the Tabernacle Restoration Fund. Tickets will be available on the day of the tour, Wednesday, August 8, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the entrance to the Tabernacle. The hours for the tour are 10:00 to 2:00. Refreshments will be served.  Boschendal Home of Barbara Riedinger 6 Siloam Avenue Barbara and her late husband, Karl, visited a vineyard situated in a grove of oak trees in South Africa in 1984. It was the Boschendal Vineyard and the Riedingers thought the name was appropriate for their Vineyard cottage. It also explains the colors and grape décor that are evident throughout the house. The house was built in 1869, but retains only a few of the original features: two gothic windows with cranberry glass inserts on the porch and a gothic door in the upstairs bedroom. Also, the child’s back bedroom upstairs retains the charm of long-ago. Barbara’s favorite spot in her cottage is the enclosed, three-season front porch overlooking Sunset Lake. Lowe Tide Home of Edie and Craig Lowe 25 Commonwealth Square The unique configuration of the Lowe cottage ensures that every room has an unobstructed view of Oak Bluffs Harbor. Several old photographs on the living room wall confirm that the house, built in 1876, has the original peak gingerbread, front windows, and the row of gingerbread under the front porch roof. Since Commonwealth Square was a commercial district of the campground, it is not surprising that the cottage was once a bakery. Another unique feature of the Lowe cottage is the two staircases leading to two second floor areas which are not connected. The front stairs lead to three upstairs bedrooms; the stairs in the kitchen terminate in a cozy, private bedroom and a half bath. The Pumpkin Patch Home of Sarah and Kevin MacPherson 19 Wesleyan Grove The MacPhersons have owned their cottage for two years. They decided to call their cottage the “Pumpkin Patch” because their almost two year old twins, Sam and Olivia, were born on Halloween. The MacPherson cottage exhibits many original features, both inside and out. The vertical boards are visible in every room and the Romanesque windows and inside shutters are original. Both the upper and lower porches appear to be the same as they were when the house was built in 1869. They are unusual in that they are both roofed in; most of the cottages in the campground were built with upper balconies and open stoops below. The Attleboro House Owned by Estelle Reagan 42 Lake Avenue The Attleboro House was built by H.L. Babcock from Attleboro, MA in 1874. The original house was raised up in 1892 in order to build an addition underneath—this project is illustrated in a series of photos in the office. When viewed from across the street, the original campground cottage is clearly visible in the middle of the second and third floors. Mrs. Reagan’s family is only the third owner of this guest house with panoramic views of the Oak Bluffs Harbor from all three floors. The living room on the first floor is comfortably furnished in wicker, with puzzles and books available for guests. There are eleven rooms on the second and third floors with several shared bathrooms. Many of the guests return each year to enjoy the authentic campground experience provided by the Attleboro House. Home of Brian and Kim Gaffey 27 Trinity Park The swing on the front porch of this Trinity Park cottage is a comfortable front row seat for Tabernacle events. The Gaffeys purchased the cottage built in 1867 three years ago. Since then, they have painted the outside of the house, refinished all the floors to expose the pine boards, and renovated the kitchen. The double front doors have cobalt glass panes and the oak fireplace in the corner of the living room has been carefully restored. The former shed off the kitchen has a new laundry room and an entrance to the outdoor shower from the inside! The second floor has a large, covered porch and three bedrooms. All rooms of the home have exposed vertical boards and most of the windows are original. Home of Kristen and David Miller 2 Lincoln Avenue Kristen and David Miller purchased one of the four remaining one-story cottages on the campground two years ago. The exterior and the interior ceiling are original, but the inside of the cottage needed extensive renovation. The one large room has well-designed living, dining, and kitchen space, and a bed is found in an upstairs loft in the front of the house. The cottage was built in 1876. Home of Donna Hayes 16 Siloam Avenue Other than the sentry on the second floor balcony, visitors will see virtually no difference between the front of the Hayes cottage today and a stereoview image taken over one hundred years ago. The gingerbread along the roofline is ornate and distinctive. The upstairs porch (also called a “pulpit porch”) extends over the uncovered platform porch. Vertical tongue-in-groove boards serve as both the outside and inside walls of the cottage; original gothic windows and doors with hood moldings are present. Only a few cottages with this look remain in the campground since most of the porches (and their rocking chairs) have been covered by roofs for many years. |
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