by Rosemary Enright | Sep 18, 2020 | Jamestown History Articles
The area of town tucked in between Upper Shoreby Hill and the Town Cemetery at the Four Corners was developed in the early 20th century and was known as the Knowles plat. The land belonged to Adolphus C. Knowles, the owner and builder of the Bay View House Tower.... 
by Rosemary Enright | Sep 18, 2020 | Jamestown History Articles
Eliza Hickey Newcomb was a Southern belle, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At 27, she married Junius Brutus Alexander, a New York investment banker 24 years her senior. It was a stormy marriage. His children from his first marriage evidently did not approve of his... 
by Rosemary Enright | Sep 18, 2020 | Jamestown History Articles
Thirteen Jamestown men died in service during World War II: Everett Alward, Howard Arnold, Bernard Anthony Brooks, Charles Brooks Jr, Lewis Burdick, Damon Cummings, Arthur Day, Delbert Gravatt, Frank Leighton, David Masterson, William C. Sweet, James Williams, and... 
by Rosemary Enright | Sep 18, 2020 | Jamestown History Articles
Mabel Brice was born in Philadelphia in July 1877 and, like many young women of her social set,she seems to have done little of interest for the first 35 years of her life. She, her brother Charles,and sister Anna lived with their parents in her mother’s family home... 
by Stephanie Amerigian | Sep 15, 2020 | From the Collection
On October 18, 1930, almost a year after the Great Depression started with the stock market crash on Black Friday, many Jamestowners received a bounty from the sea. Two barges filled with coal, the Henry Howard and the Howard Sisters drifted onto the rocks at... 
by Rosemary Enright | Sep 15, 2020 | Jamestown History Articles
Joseph Clarke (1618-1694), one of the original purchasers of Conanicut Island, was the ancestor of many of the Clarkes who greatly influenced Jamestown in later centuries. Perhaps the most remarkable group were the six Clarke women born between 1853 and 1880. They... 
by Rosemary Enright | Sep 15, 2020 | Jamestown History Articles
From Automobile Showroom to Parking Lot Harry Shatzer Sr. had one foot in the 19th century and one in the 20th. He owned a livery stable as well as being one of Jamestown’s first automobile mechanics. His letterhead had a horse as a logo; his statement of purpose... 
by Stephanie Amerigian | Sep 10, 2020 | Jamestown History Articles
Pictured above from left to right, Edward Silvia, Victor Richardson, Francis X. Zweir and Joseph Chesebro. Seventy-five years ago, Germany undertook its greatest World War II offensive against the Western Front. Since the Normandy landing in June, the allies had... 
by Stephanie Amerigian | Sep 8, 2020 | Events, JHS in the News
The new brass plaque, sponsored by a grant from the William Pomeroy Foundation, was placed on the mill this summer. The windmill has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973. An earlier plaque disappeared several years ago. The National Register... 
by Stephanie Amerigian | Aug 12, 2020 | From the Collection
Dog tax #1 was first issued to Dr. John Marshall, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, who summered in Jamestown. According to his great grandson, Dr. Marshall, because of his position, was one of the first in Jamestown to request a...