Rachel Greenleaf House

Photograph

Westport Island History

Rachel Greenleaf/Ida Greenleaf/Mulhall family House

On back: (scratched out) "Charles Brooks (Mulhall) on lower Main Rd. Burned about 1960" "Ida Greenleaf -- now Mulhall)

Name/Title

Rachel Greenleaf House

Description

Rachel, then Ida, Greenleaf House on land originally owned by Rachel's parents, Charles and Margaret Reed Brooks. Rachel Brooks Greenleaf was deeded the house from Levi Reed, her uncle, after her parents had died. Her son Henry inherited the house from her; his wife Ida Leavitt Greenleaf inherited the house after he died. The Mulhall family purchased the home from Ida Greenleaf children/estate in 1949.