An uncommon cape : researching the histories and mysteries of a property /

Brackbill, Eleanor Phillips,

An uncommon cape : researching the histories and mysteries of a property / Eleanor Phillips Brackbill. - Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 231 pages) : illustrations, maps - Excelsior Editions .

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Includes bibliographies and index.

An Uncommon cape -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Mysteries of the House -- Chapter one: Something Like a Sears House -- Chapter two: The House Finds a Home -- Chapter three: The Cape Cod House: Why So Common, Why So Popular? -- Part II: Thirty-Two Owners in 350 Years: A Focus on Four -- Chapter four: Wappaquewam: Siwanoy Sakima -- Chapter five: Caleb Heathcote: Manor Lord -- Chapter six: Isaac Gedney Jr.: The Neutral Ground -- Chapter seven: Louis Block and Harry Rich Mooney:From Farm to Subdivision Part III: Mysteries of the Land Chapter eight: In New York or In Connecticut? -- Chapter nine: Moon Over Mamaroneck: When and Where -- Chapter ten: Monkey Business and More: The Possibilities -- Epilogue: Kernels of Truth -- Appendix -- Notes -- Sidebar Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index



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Brackbill, Eleanor Phillips--Homes and haunts--New York (State)--Mamaroneck.


Cape Cod houses--New York (State)--Mamaroneck.


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