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Buddington homestead, Monument Street, Groton.
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Title
Buddington
homestead
,
Monument
Street
,
Groton
.
Place
Monument Street (Groton, Conn.)
Topic
Ship captains
Whaling masters
Dwellings
Schooners
Topic-Person
Buddington, James M., 1817-1908
Buddington, James W., 1839-1928
Theme
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Description
View
of a
two-story
house
with
clapboard
siding
,
gable
,
porch
and
pitched
roof
,
identified
as the
house
of
Captain
Buddington
. What
appears
to be a
two-story
bay
, with
windows
,
can
be
seen
on the
right
side
of the
house
facade
. The
porch
is
decorated
with
flags
and
pennants
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Handwritten
in
pen
on
back
: "
Homestead
of
Captain
Buddington/
Monument
Street/Groton
,
Conn.
"
Possibly
the
home
of
either
James
W
.
Buddington
or his
father
Captain
James
M
.
Buddington
, at
141
and
149
Monument
Street
,
respectively
.
Both
men
had
long
careers
as
whaling
captains
.
James
M.'s
adventures
at
sea
included
the
recovery
of the
abandoned
British
ship
Resolute
from the
Arctic
ice
.
James
W
. was
born
in
Groton
at the
149
Monument
Street
House
. He was a
whaler
out
of
New
London
and
other
ports
, and
commanded
a
sealing
schooner
out
of
Stonington
1887-92
. He also
owned
the
steamer
Summer
Girl
,
which
operated
between
New
London
and
Bushy
Point
,
Groton
.
Buddington
was the
last
active
New
London
whaling
master
, as
captain
of the
Margarett
1908-1909
. He was the
cousin
of
Captain
Sidney
O
.
Budington
(apparent
variant
spelling
of
name)
.
Lower
right-hand
corner
slightly
bent
.
Date created
[between
1865
and
1910?]
Physical format
1
photograph
;
7
3/16
x
9
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1965.407
File
name
:
IMG0071-4760.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
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applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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Buddington homestead, Monument Street, Groton. 