Displaying 1 of 1 Title: 223 West Main St. Publisher, Date: [Barrington, Ill.] : [Paul Thompson], [1989-2005] Summary: This Octagon house was built about 1860. It was occupied in 1882 by Emaline Hawley Brown and her husband, Joseph P. Brown. They had 2 daughters, Laura and Hattie. In 1889 Laura married Joseph Nightengale and moved to Fairmont Minn. Hattie married Lorenzo Porter and had one son Howard. After the two daughters married, the three women corresponded frequently, ultimately exchanging more than seven hundred letters which were eventually collected and brought back to Barrington. Floyd and Bess Hawley purchased the house in 1950 and lived here until their passing. H. Parker Sharpe restored the building in 1984. Description: 1 digital image : col. image file JPEG Subjects: Octagon House (Barrington, Ill.) Dwellings -- Illinois -- Barrington -- Pictorial works. Barrington (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works. Brown, Emaline Hawley. Brown, Joseph P. Nightingale, Laura Brown. Photographic prints. Architectural photographs. Notes: Forms part of the Thompson Collection (Barrington Area Library). Courtesy of Paul Thompson. Digital file from scanned print. All rights reserved. Other Author: Thompson, Paul. Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Digital content Full size image Some of the item(s) above may be copyright protected. Click here to see Terms of Use. Displaying 1 of 1
