There is little photographic evidence of the location of Sunnyside Farm off the Oakland Road in Waterville, Maine. This illustration presents questions and information that we have found that will eventually lead us to Sunnyside Farm. A deed document describing the Inland Hospital property states that the property was the Baldic Farm and formerly Sunnyside. However, this location is more than 1.5 miles from the train station and only accounts for 22 acres. Join us as we pursue Sunnyside. Researchers working on this project include staff of the Redington Museum, Anne Palmer, Ann Beverage, Donna Trombley, Clark Thompson, and Stephen Thompson. Click the image in this post to see the illustration in full view. The comments associated with this post provide details of real estate transactions and foreclosures related to the Nelson properties.
In December of 1899, Nelson sold to George K. Boutelle the following property:
ReplyDeleteLand "commonly known as the Lewis farm, and was occupied by me; being the same parcels conveyed to me by Eliza P. Lewis by deed dated June 9, 1882, and recored on page 427 of book 338 of the Kennebec Registry of Deeds, to which deed reference is hereby made for a full description of the full property.
Also, one other parcel of land situated in the Waterville, adjoining a portion of the so-called Lewis Farm herein described, containing about ten acres, and bounded as follows; on the north by the Oakland Road leading part the aforesaid Lewis Farm; on the east by the so-called Carpenter farm; on the south by land of the heirs of John Webber, and ont he west by a point of the aforesaid lewis farm, being the same presises formerly owned by my father, Benjamin Nelson, and acquired by me by descent and foreclosure.
Book 434, Page 104
A judgment in favor of the Ticonic National Bank against C.H. Nelson and E.A. Nelson resulted in the seizing of property on April 18, 1910. The judgment was to recover $4,158.
ReplyDeleteDescription of property seized:
Northerly by the road leading form Emerson Bridge, so-called, to Oakland; Westerly by land formerly occupied by one James Dingley and owned by Stackpole heirs; Southerly by land now or formerly of C.H. Redington, and land now or formerly of John Webber, and Easterly by land now or formerly of said Webber and land now or formerly of Benjamin Nelson, containing six-ty nine acres more or less, and being the same premises conveyed to the said C.H. Nelson, by Eliza P. Lewis, by her warranty deed given June 9th, 1882, and recorded in the Kennebec Registry of Deeds, Book 338, Page 427, said real estate is subject to a mortgage given by the said C.H. Nelson to Eliza P. Lewis, recored in the Kennebec Registry of Deeds, Book 339, Page 175.
Book 506, 156
The notes were taken randomly from the Registry of Deeds. Therefore, no chronological order. Nelson's famous trotting stallion died in 1909. Financial issues started appearing in 1910, 1914, and then with the death of Hod in 1915 and his wife, Emma, in 1916, all property was foreclosed upon by the City of Waterville.
ReplyDeleteNotes taken at the Kennebec Registry of Deeds:
Book 432, Page 196
In 1899, Nelson sold to Evander Gilpatrick property on Belmont Street which was northerly bordered by property owned by J.E. Nelson
Book 412, Page 558
Nelson sold Fairgrounds of the North Kennebec Agricultural and Horticultural Society to City of Waterville (1897)
Book 349, Page 153 Nelson sold land in Winslow to Constant A. Reynolds
Book 482, Page 263 (1/28/1908)
Nelson sells land to W.T. Reynolds
North side of the road leading from Oakland to Waterville by the farm of C.H. Nelson; West of the Lewis Farm, South by heirs of John Webber, and East by land of Gilbert Carpenter
Related citations: Book 456, Page 203
Assignment: Book 532, Page 509
Foreclosure: Book 537, Page 483
Book 457, Page 44 (11/19/1903)
Sale of Lewis Property Property -- 22 acres
Property sold to Merrill
May have been foreclosed on and returned to Nelson (Book 301, Page 543)
Book 301, Page 543
Nelson sold 120 acres of land in China to Elijah Getchell
Nelson also at one time purchase land on 12-mile pond in China.
Book 368, Page 54 (December 1887)
Nelson sold land to Charles E. Gray and Eugene L. Thayer
Book 360, Page 339 (December 1886)
Julia Macy to Nelson
Includes estate and buildings,
South side of the highway leading from Waterville to Oakland and northerly by said highway. Easterly by land of Grantor, Southerly by land of Samual Hitchings (?) West by land of A. S. Shores (30 acres more or less) This land was inherited by Macy from James Stackpole -- whole piece owned for many years by late James Dingley.
Foreclosure Notice (Book 537, Page 483)
Mortgage: Book 482, Page 263
Deed: Book 532, Page 509
February 1913 -- C.H. Nelson to W.T, Reynolds
1910 -- Nelson gives permission to CMP to cut trees and put utility poles in place.
Book 456, Page 303 (May 23, 1904)
Nelson to Willington T. Reynolds
Land described as follows:
North by road leading from Oakland to Waterville by the farm of C.H. Nelson, West of the Lewis Farm, so-called, South by land of the heirs of John Webber and east of the land of Gilbert Carpenter. Being the same property conveyed to me by A.F. Merrill on June 16, 1903.