Bela R. Reynolds House, Narrows Road, Dennysville, Maine

Photograph

Dennys River Historical Society

Bela R. Reynolds House on the Narrows Road, now Foster Lane

Cape style house built by Bela R. Reynolds for himself and his wife Deborah (Wilder), daughter of E.C. Wilder, Sr., in the 1820's. Bela Reynolds operated a packet service to Eastport from a wharf at the foot of the hill where his house in located, where he drowned, a short distance from shore, on May 3rd, 1853.

Name/Title

Bela R. Reynolds House, Narrows Road, Dennysville, Maine

Description

Bela R. Reynolds house at the end of the Narrows Road, now called Foster Lane.

Context

Bela R. Reynolds operated the packet boat to Eastport from a wharf at the foot of his property, and the Packet Wharf at the town (Lincoln's) dock. He was married to Deborah, daughter of Ebenezer C. Wilder C., who lived with him in their house at the end of the Narrows Road, as Foster Lane was originally called. Rebecca Hobart writes in her history of Dennysville and Edmunds: "Starting in 1821, in an open 20 foot boat, he continued his service, using larger boats in later years, until he drowned a few feet from his own wharf, on May 3, 1853."

Collection

Contemporary Photographs of the Dennys River Area, Photos for Map