Real Estate changes for DAR book

1871 from notes of Mrs. Albert Hildreth in /Hollis Times Office

9-16-91 Work has been commenced on a new mill at the site of the Worcester Bros. Mill that was burned.

Dr. L.A. Luce will soon occupy the A.H. Wood place

Charlie Bancroft has bought the Ball place

M/M Louis Shedd (Maria Smith) have located at Mrs. Shedd’s old home

2-5-1892The whistle at Worcester Bros. New mill announced that work had commenced at that establishment

Price place occupied by E.P. Brooks and Co. as store and Post Office for the past 8 yrs. has been sold by the late owner Geo. A. Burge to James C. Hildreth

C. Andyson Colburn has bought the farm owned by the late J. E. Smith.  J.R. Smith, Esq. Son of J.E. has reserved the home place and two acres of land adjoining it, which has been in the Smith family since the settlement of the town.  We understand Mrs. Sullivan, who cared for Mr. Smith will continue to live there as long as she desires.

Edson L. Hurd moved to the Price building.

Geo. A. Ladd bought the Barrett wheelwright business (now 2002, Lorden storage) Ash street.

Solon Hardy will build an add. To his barn and also have the convenience of a new barn cellar.

Hayden Bros. bought the Bailey Meadow and will construct a large reservoir for their mill privilege. (wheeler Rd.?)

5-1892 B. G. Locke bought the Noah Lovejoy place lately occupied by W.C. Barrett and will move his family there.

Mrs. L. A. Willoughby sold her cottage to Nathaniel French.

Mrs. Joephine Dow will sell the grass on the farm of the late John A. Dow.

R. J. Holden sold farm to Jas. E. Hills

Farm occupied by J. B. Underhill has been purchased by a Mr. Loudger.

A gentleman from Fitchburg has bought the buildings and ???? of the farm lately occupied by Noah Austin on Proctor Hill.

L.J. Nutting place near W.F. Farmers, Nashua road

9-23-92 The Last trace of a Cider Mill has been removed from Hollis Village.

Charles Richardson added a (stoner) wind mill with the fixtures of his Model farm.

Charles W. Read fitted up a cider mill at the French place.

Dudley P. Lawrence purchased the Smith place at auction, price $1,777. (12-14-92)

The Clough house, owned by William H. Dean was burned.  Mr. Dean has taken up residence at the Poole House on Main St.

Martin Lawson, wheelwright for G. A. Ladd will move his family to a tenement in Mrs. Rideout’s house

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Edson Hurd added bay window to front of his house

1-13-1899Monroe Hurd has built an ice house 20x20 with left fasb???and is filling it with ice to be used in his milk business.

Charles A. Norris is to build a summer home on land at Silver Lake purchased from Geo. A. Colburn, near his house.

2-3-1899 Chas. Richardson is improving his farm and is obliged to have a larger barn, the addition will be 24 ft. making the barn 108 feet in length.

William Gates is making arrangements to build a barn 20x28 feet at hisplace.

Hollis has a Dr. who is bound to get there.  During the snow blockade where it was impossible to get through with a sleigh, Dr. hazard was riding to visit his patients on the front runners of A. R. Wilson’s two horse logging sled. (2-17-99)

Chas. M. Stratton sold land to H.F. Taylor of Chelsea, Ma. Near Silver Lake

Pierce Bros. are clearing the school house lot on the Bradley place to be used as a pasture

Frank Scott has move into the Jesse Hardy house.

Harney M. Willoby was the purchaser of the Lizzie A. Blood cottage at auction yesterday price $890. (4-14-99)

Louis Shedd bought the Grand View farm formerly owned by the late Dr. A. W. Howe.

Walter A. Stickney has moved his family back to Proctor Hill to the Stark place.

Worcester Bros. purchased the Benjamin Wheeler estate at auction last tues. 5-19-99

Joseph Mayou who was burned out last week moved to the Courtney house, Butterfield Hill.

Geo. H. Blood purchased the lot where the Blood house was burned price $50

The Dr. Fox Place on Depot Rd. sold to a Boston party to be used as a summer place. (Lotti Clark?)

H. F. Taylor moved into summer resid. At Silver Lake

‘Chas. A. Norris moved into new summer home Silver Lake

Josseph Mayou put in foundation for a new house on Proctor Hill.

John Murphy & Co. of Milford will begin Monday to quarry stone for the new church steps.

The stone for the new church steps is being quarried on the John L. Woods farm and is proving to be very good stone.

Pierce Bros. are digging a cellar for a new barn 112x140 feet.

George. Bradley has hired the Vandyke store and will do job work and shoe repairing as before.

W. C. Burbee intends to have his new grist mill working next wk. (10-20-99)

The new stone steps (chrrch) arrived.

George M. Bradley and wife moved into new rroms at the VanDyke building.

L. M. Blood intends blding. Cooper shop in near future

Chas. H. Dutton and family moved into W.H. Lewis house.

The mill property in the southwest part of town known as Huffe Mill has been purchased by E.E. Tarbell of Pepperell.

Moss (Mass?) and Son have purchased a milk route in Nashua Leon R. Mase will drive it.

Leon R. mass has just had an ice house bult to store necessary ice for his milk business 20x20 ft.

Pierce Bros. have 3 teams hauling timber to Swallow’s (?////0) mill, Dunstable, preparatory to blding a new barn.

James E. Holmes has his new cooper shop completed.

F. F. Lucise is having logs sawed for an addition on his barn.