Description: The house was built by John "Talking John" Melbourne Rich, the first of his three houses. John owed his Uncle Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) a sum of money, so he swapped this Tremont house for Jonathan's older less valuable Richtown house. Emily (Rich) Trask (1884-1981), John Melbourne Rich's daughter, said in a 1975 interview that she was born in the house, "in that back bedroom up there… That was a big place. It was different from these days…it had a piazza clean around it and round the front. Father was great on building big places but he got in debt so much that he had to give up and go over to Richville [Richtown] and live." The main house, minus barn and ell, still exists in 2016, although covered in green asbestos shingles. The house was originally painted a cream color with brown trim. It sits back from the road just before the Tremont Congregational Church. [show more]
Description: The dark house on the extreme left was the Benjamin Spurling house at 49 Cranberry Road. The white house with the wrap around porch, second building from the left, was built by Charles Eaton Spurling - 41 Cranberry Road. The house that is prominently shown in the right forefront of the photograph is the Francis Milton Spurling house at 54 Cranberry Road.
Description: Lillian May (Rich) Reed with children: Charlotte Frances Reed (1910-2006) Gardner Adams Reed (1912-1976) The house in the back left is the Torrey House where Meredith Hutchins grew up (at 10 McMullen Avenue, McKinley).
Description: The house visible in the field is the Capt. Joseph Bassett Norwood house, at 10 Mitchell Lane, Map 8 - Lot 053-1, MHPC #405-0867. "The house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Austin Mitchell and family was built by Mrs. Mitchell's father, Capt. Joseph B. Norwood, in 1896.