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Name |
Great Hill |
Number of Archive records |
8 |
Number of Library records |
1 |
Number of Photo records |
145 |
Number of Object records |
0 |
Related Records
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2005.011.119 - Print, Photographic
The Marion house, Great Hill (John E. Searles, owner). In late 1800's, became hotel.
Record Type: Photo
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2007.002.037 - postcard
Postcard - sepia horizontal orientation - handwritten message dated Aug. 31, '05 - woman with a flock of geese in a house yard by the waterfront - at Great Hill Marion, Mass.
Record Type: Photo
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2008.001.119 - Digital photograph
Great Estates - The main drive approaching the north-facing fa fade of Great Hill, the Galen L. Stone estate off Delano Road in East Marion. Mr. Stone, a Boston investment banker, purchased the property in 1909 from a real-estate syndicate that had planned to subdivide the large tract of land known from Indian times as "Great Hill" into five-acre parcels. At the time, a large resort hotel called Marion House, built in 1860, occupied the site. Alt...
Record Type: Photo
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2008.001.120 - Digital photograph
Great Estates - This view of the south facade and lawns on the bay side of Great Hill shows the extent of the building, with the service wing of the house at left in the half-timbered Tudor style. The main house was constructed of Hayden stone quarried in Pennsylvania,fitted on site by 42 stonecutters and a total workforce that numbered over 125. Workers were housed in a large camp on the premises. The crew consumed six barrels of flour weekly, a...
Record Type: Photo
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2008.001.121 - Digital photograph
Great Estates - The Stone family moved in with a service entourage that included 16 kitchen and house servants, 2 chauffeurs, 2 coachmen, and 39 groundsmen. John Allanach, a Marion horticulturalist whose greenhouses stood on Spring Street where the current Tabor Academy Athletic Center is located, was hired to landscape the gardens and grounds, including the long drive from Delano Road. In this early view of the southern and eastern sides of the ...
Record Type: Photo
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2008.001.122 - Digital photograph
Great Estates - Both Mr. and Mrs. Stone were avid gardeners and horticulturalists. They spent a good deal of their personal time when at Great Hill in this extensive complex of greenhouses and cold frames (at right in the foreground). Both ornamental plants and flowers as well as fruits and vegetables were cultivated at Great Hill year 'round. The greenhouses were heated in winter by a wood-burning furnace. In 1924, Mr. Stone attended the Spring ...
Record Type: Photo
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2008.015.216 - Digital image
Great Hill - Great Hill as of 2000, site of the first Marion hotel, Marion House, built in 1860
Record Type: Photo
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2008.015.217 - Digital image
Great Hill - Great Hill -as originally built for Galen Stone, built 1909 - 1911
Record Type: Photo
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2008.015.218 - Digital image
Great Hill - Great Hill Stable-Garage - built c. 1910
Record Type: Photo
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2008.015.219 - Digital image
Great Hill - Great Hill Staff Residence - gardener's or foreman's residence, built before 1903
Record Type: Photo
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2008.015.220 - Digital image
Great Hill - Great Hill Staff Residence - gardener's or foreman's residence, built before 1903
Record Type: Photo
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2008.015.222 - Digital image
Great Hill - Great Hill Green House - one of 23 greenhouses in which Acacia trees were grown
Record Type: Photo
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2010.002.001 - Print, Photographic
An undated sepia photograph of Marion House on Great Hill taken from the Weweantic River. It is 5 3/16" W by 4 3/16" H.
Record Type: Photo
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2010.002.002 - Print, Photographic
An undated sepia photograph of a group of men on the Weweantic River showing Great Hill in the background. It is 5 3/16" W by 4 3/16" H.
Record Type: Photo
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2012.001.002 - Map
A map of Great Hill & Wings Cove made for Albert W. Nickerson, 1891. It is 42" wide.
Record Type: Archive
