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Harthaven, Massachusetts
William H. Hart house, Harthaven MAWilliam H. Hart house, Harthaven MA
Location in Dukes County in MassachusettsLocation in Dukes County in Massachusetts
Coordinates: 41°26′35″N 070°33′23″W / 41.44306°N 70.55639°W / 41.44306; -70.55639
CountryUnited States
StateMassachusetts
CountyDukes
Settled1911
Elevation13 ft (4 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP code02557
Area code508 / 774
GNIS feature ID617419
Websitewww.ci.oak-bluffs.ma.us

Harthaven is a community in the town of Oak Bluffs located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States.

History

Harthaven was first settled by William H. Hart who purchased five lots from the Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company in 1871. Two years later he added an additional three lots. In 1911 he expanded his holdings to include more land south of Farm Pond and the Harthaven community was established between the end of the Oak Bluffs seawall and Sengekontacket Pond. Initially the community was made up entirely of members of his family who originally had chosen the Vineyard as a place to spend the summer but gradually began to stay there year-round after 1911. In 1914 the Vineyard Gazette referred to the community as the "Hart Settlement off the Beach Road". Eventually other New England families such as the Eddys and Youngs married into the Harts, for example when Ethelbert Allen Moore married Martha Hart, a daughter of William H. Hart.

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See also

Gallery

  • William H. Hart's grandson's First World War commendation William H. Hart's grandson's First World War commendation

References

  1. ^ "Harthaven (Dukes County, Massachusetts)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. harthavenhistory
  3. Vineyard Gazette, September 17th, 1914
  4. John Moore, “Harthaven – The Best Darned Place To Grow Up", Persuasive Press, 1999, ISBN 978-1-885723-02-4

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County seat: Edgartown
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