Preserving a Business Dynasty

Samuel McCobb led the first permanent European settlement established in Boothbay in 1730. His son William McCobb became an important businessman and government official for well over 50 years, with holdings that included an inn, a store, rental properties, and approximately 200 feet of wharves stretching from the current Granary Way to Wharf Street, and he was also heavily involved in shipping and fishing. In 1807, when he was nearly 70, he had a large double-pile two-story brick structure built as a double house for his nephews, Jacob Auld and Joseph McCobb, who were assuming management of his businesses. The large grassy area next to the house long served as an unofficial town common, suited to baseball games or leisurely picnics.

Boothbay Harbor, Maine · United States