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In South Coatal Marshfield
NEW! (10-30-06) The Webster House - Postmarked 1909
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| Printed in Germany - No Date |
Much of America consisted of isolated, agricultural villages until after the Civil War ended and industialization
began to occur. This was the case in the South Shore towns as well. The arrival of the railroad allowed "city folk" to travel
to the beach and spurred the hotel industry in the area. Folks were taken to the beach from the train station in horse
and buggy.
 "After a railroad was built from Boston to Cohasset, a stage coach ran between
the two towns. the first driver of this coach was Charles Hatch. The coach carried passengers, and the driver did errands
for people in this vicinity. One driver boasted that he could remember the things ordered by 100 different people without
making a list of them. This old coach used in this Tercentenary parade, and borrowed by many other towns for similar parades,
is the original vehicle. It is the property of the Marshfield Agricultural Society, and has been repaired by them, the Marshfield
Board of Trade, and the Tercentenary Committee".
From the 1940 Tercentenary Booklet
The Pioneer Cottage built in 1861, renamed the Atlantic House in 1879 burned in the Ocean Bluff Great Fire
of 1941
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| Located between Island St. and Ocean St. burned in 1909 |
Built by George Churchill in 1866
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| Webster House - Green Harbor 1865 until it burnt in 1964 |
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| Postmark 1925 |
The Brant Rock House built in 1874 and torn down in 1938
The Ocean House built in
1875 and lost to fire in 1973
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| The Riverside Hotel was built in 1894 and burned in 1919. |
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