Dodge, Charles W.H. Collection

Dodge, Charles W.H. Collection
      video (56 min.) : si., b&w ; 3/4 in.
      1925
      Phippsburg, Maine
      Collection contains [Spite House], home movies of a Federal style house as it was moved 85 miles by land and water from Phippsburg, Maine, to another location in mid-coast Maine. Includes scenes of the entire sequence, using men, horses and a towed barge. Also includes scenes of the Donald Dodge family in the house and the home at its destination.
      The Spite House was built at Phippsburg Center, Maine, on the Kennebec River in 1806. It was constructed by Captain Thomas McCobb to annoy his stepmother, who had gained control of the main family mansion (at Phippsburg) while he was at sea. In 1925 the house was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Dodge (Charles' parents) and moved by water to another location in mid-coast Maine. The home is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Original footage is 16 mm. film.
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