Front |
North Side |
Rear |
Hay fork |
Hay fork ropes to trolley |
Holes in loft floor for swing rope |
Beam design |
James Swan |
Barn info: Built 1891, for $3000. by Hiram York |
Mary Ellen Locke died in 1913. For many years the buildings were unoccupied. Jim Swan said that Bion and Stella Swan moved into the house around 1926. |
The Bethel Journals Donald G. Bennett PO Box 763 Bethel, Maine 04217 Donald@thebetheljournals.info |
1901—Summer guests get ready for an excursion up the Sunday River valley. The collie belonged to one of the guests—Henry T. Finck. Photo from the Crosby family collection. |
An aerial view of the Locke/Swan homestead taken before the 1999 fire which destroyed the old boarding house. The Sunday River Road lies in the foreground. Photo courtesy of James and Marilyn Swan |