535-03 Page 78By Helen W. Foster
When Leonard Caffyn was adding a furnace, he found a
rectangular brick structure under the attached back
woodshed and he has an idea that it might have been ar
outdoor oven. Now there is a sunroom over the spot
ending further speculation.
The house has a surprisingly large interior with deep
door and window sills, indicating extremely thick walls,
both interior and exterior.
Purchased in 1813 by Daniel Harris from William
Harrington, the property was owned by one of several
Harris families who immigrated from England and took
land south of the village.
In 1850, a Scottish stonemason named MacKay built the
present farm house. Althugh the original barn burned
down, stones from its foundation wall now form the base
of the flagpole in Memorial Park and they were delivered
in April, 1923 by the owner at that time, Byron Jenvey.
Mrs. Caffyn recalls that an elderly neighbour used to
rreminisce abouthe Indians who used to dance around a
pine stump in the back of the property.
The Caffyn family bought the farm in 1945, and the
willow slips planted that year are now the graceful trees
that almost hide the sturdy old home from the road.