The Pine-tree coast . ver it in his coffin, a broken-hearted man. The mansion was pulled down many years ago. Hawthorne describes itbriefly as •• a large, rusty-looking edifice of wood,with some grandeur in thearchitecture, standing onthe banks of the river, closeby the site of an old burial-ground, and near wherean ancient fort had beenerected as a defence againstthe French and is not fortj years sincethis house was built, andKnox was in his glory ;but now the house is allin decay, while within astones throw of it therel- a street of smart edificesof one and two stories,occupied b
The Pine-tree coast . ver it in his coffin, a broken-hearted man. The mansion was pulled down many years ago. Hawthorne describes itbriefly as •• a large, rusty-looking edifice of wood,with some grandeur in thearchitecture, standing onthe banks of the river, closeby the site of an old burial-ground, and near wherean ancient fort had beenerected as a defence againstthe French and is not fortj years sincethis house was built, andKnox was in his glory ;but now the house is allin decay, while within astones throw of it therel- a street of smart edificesof one and two stories,occupied by thriving me-chanics, which has been laidout where Knox meant tohave forests and parks.(»n the banks of the river,where he intended to havei nily one wharf for his ownWest Indian vessels andyacht, there are twowharves with stores anda lime-kiln. Little apper-tains to the mansion ex-cept the tomb and the old burial-ground and the old fort. The family vault referred to was only a few reds east of the mansion. This. GENEB VI KNOXS m«>\i Ml NT. 242 THE PINE-TREE COAST. is also described as a spacious receptacle, an iron door at the end of a turf-covered mound, and surmounted by an obelisk of marble. The remains andobelisk were long- since removed to the cemetery on the hill back of the village. One hardly knows whether to laugh or cry over these evidences of thefluctuations of human prosperity. No demand of progress hastened the down-fall of the old house that was once the envy and admiration of all the countryround. A more sorry example of uncalled-for demolition could hardly beimagined. No one seems to know just why it was pulled down ; its site is tothis day unoccupied, save by one small frame dwelling and by the name-less odds and ends pertaining to the neighboring shipyard. Two of the out-buildings remain. One was the generals stable; the other was occupied by hisservants. The stable was converted into a grist-mill; the offices, into a railwaystation. One old elm han
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