This project highlights three family properties, 1810 South Street, 74 Avery Shores and 65 Avery Shores.
1810 South Street a.k.a. “Island View Farm”
The Avery farmhouse built in 1829 was located at 1810 South Street, with a large barn behind it with the name Island View Farm.
74 Avery Shores a.k.a. “Nirvana'‘
George and Lottie Niles Avery’s son Arnold Poole Avery built a cottage at 74 Avery Shores around 1912 that evolved into a year-round house by 1930. This house was likely built on the site of the first house built in Coventry by squatter Samuel Burchard (a.k.a. Birchard), circa 1700, referenced in the Root book. Family stories indicate the farm’s hunting/fishing lodge was at this site prior to the building of the Avery cottage. Mildred and Edward Hansen and their children, Mary Ann and Anthony, moved to 74 Avery Shores in 1964. It is now the home of the author, Mary Ann Mellor Hansen.
Current 74 Avery Shores
Bolton Notch Stone Fireplace, Original Avery farmhouse clock from 1810 South Street, Original Nirvana sign from 74 Avery Shores
Circa 1912 74 Avery Shores (cottage)
"Very handsome Holstein-Friesians. Healthy!" Bruce A. Scholten, Author, "Dairy Farming in the 21st Century"
Circa 1930 74 Avery Shores (year-round house)
65 Avery Shores a.k.a. “Forsythia Hill”
Charles Mellor, Arnold’s brother-in-law and civil engineer built a cottage at 65 Avery Shores around 1930. His wife and family would spend summers there. Mildred and Edward Hansen turned it into a year-round house and moved there in 1989.
