lO Davis's video: Haunting History of : Joshua Coffin House Centre St Nantucket Massachusetts

Nantucket, a tiny, isolated island off Cape Cod,Nantucket's nickname, "The Little Grey Lady of the Sea", refers to the island as it appears from the ocean when it is fog-bound. One of the best examples of the mid-eighteenth century ship-masters' houses.Its most unusual feature is a "secret" chamber hidden behind the front stair-hall and between fireplaces on the first and second floors Date of erection: 1756 or probably earlier. The main part of the house was built at Sherburne andmmoved to its present location in 1756, when the adjoining ell and woodshed were added, A beam in the front entry helps to date this house in the 1750's. Joshua and Beulah (Gardner) Coffin, The land on which the house was built was given to the young couple by Beulah Coffin's father, the deed reading in part as follows: "Grantor, Peter Gardner, of Sherborn, County of Nantucket, Massachusetts, in consideration of the love and affection I have and bear unto Beulah,my daughter, now the wife of Joshua Coffin of Sherborn aforesaid, mariner, and for divers other weighty, lawfull and reasonable causes and considerations." 1785 — Joshua Coffin, son of the above owner. This deed mentions a consideration of 96 pounds. The obligatory old man ghost sitting in a rocking chair resides at the Joshua Coffin House. Built in 1754, the house includes a secret room, accessible only via trap door, and and there's been some poltergeist activity. Previous to the Revolution a section was taken out of the front of the chimney to allow for a capacious storeroom which Captain Coffin designed as a concealed safe deposit for his valuables in the event of an anticipated British raid on the Island, The steep narrow stairway rises, as usual, apparently against the chimney stack and the presence of the storeroom would not be suspected if it were not for a window which has now been let into the front wall on the second floor which discloses the inner stairway running from the cellar to the attic, terminating at a trap concealed in the attic floor. The secret room or storeroom has generally been referred to as the "secret chamber" or the "cellar in the attic." Read more ... https://cdn.loc.gov/…/…/ma/ma0300/ma0322/data/ma0322data.pdf All Photos From https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ma0322.photos/?sp=6 Music ~Kevin MacLeod - Dark Walk (Slowed Down)