Hawthorne Cottage, National Historic Site in Brigus, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Hawthorne Cottage is a house in Brigus, Newfoundland and Labrador, built in 1830 by merchant John Leamon and moved 10 kilometres to the centre of Brigus in 1834. It combines Newfoundland vernacular architecture with intricate details, and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board recognized it as typifying the refined lifestyle of 19th- and early 20th-century outport merchant families.
Built in 1830 by Brigus merchant John Leamon, Hawthorne Cottage passed to the Bartlett family through Bob Bartlett's mother, Mary Leamon Bartlett, Leamon's granddaughter. In 1834 the house was moved 10 kilometres from Cochranedale to the centre of Brigus. Bartlett, its most famous resident, was credited by marine historian Thomas Appleton with "the finest feat of leadership in Canadian Marine history" for saving the crew of the Karluk.
The cottage takes its name from the hawthorn hedges that once grew around it, and it stayed in the Bartlett family through Mary Leamon Bartlett, granddaughter of builder John Leamon. Nearby stands the house once known as the Benville Tearooms, run by Bartlett's mother and sisters. A gift shop run by the Historic Sites Association of Newfoundland and Labrador has closed.
Hawthorne Cottage is a unit of the national park system and is operated by Parks Canada, so visitors should check with Parks Canada for current visiting arrangements before travelling to Brigus. The site sits in the centre of Brigus, near the house once known as the Benville Tearooms. The small gift shop run by the Historic Sites Association of Newfoundland and Labrador inside the cottage has closed.
The house was built in 1830 by Brigus merchant John Leamon, and in 1834 it was moved about 10 kilometres from Cochranedale to the centre of Brigus. It reached the Bartlett family through Bob Bartlett's mother, Mary Leamon Bartlett, Leamon's granddaughter. Nearby stands a house once known as the Benville Tearooms, run by Bartlett's mother and sisters.
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