- Hawthorne Cottage
Hawthorne Cottage located in Brigus, Newfoundland,
Canada is aNational Historic Site of Canada for it was the residence of Captain Bob Bartlett. Bartlett, the famedArctic explorer who also earned the following citation from marine historianThomas Appleton : "the finest feat of leadership in Canadian Marine history." in his efforts to save the crew of the ill fatedKarluk under Arctic explorerVilhjalmur Stefansson .Built in
1830 by Brigus merchant John Leamon. Hawthorne Cottage came into the Bartlett family through Bartlett's mother, Mary Leamon Bartlett, granddaughter of John Leamon. In 1834 the house was moved from its original site inCochranedale 10 kilometres to its current location in the centre of Brigus. In the house are the Benville Tearooms operated by Bartlett's mother and sisters.The cottage combines features of Newfoundland vernacular architecture enhanced by intricate architectural details. The architecture of Hawthorne has been recognized by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada as typifying the refined lifestyle of Newfoundland outport merchant families of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
See also
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List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
*List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador External links
* [http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/hawthorne/natcul/historie_history1_e.asp Parks Canada information]
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