O W Humphrey – Freeport History Timeline

O. W. Humphrey begins building a house on Ocean Avenue

kip — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:21:42 +0000

Plans announced for O. W. Humphrey’s Grove Park Hotel on Rose Street

kip — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:24:40 +0000

James Dean purchases O. W. Humphrey’s house on Ocean Avenue

kip — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:28:31 +0000

Severe Thunderstorm in Freeport

kip — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 04:24:55 +0000

– O. W. Humphrey’s partially built house on Ocean avenue ismoved on its foundation

– Lightning strikes John Golden’s sloop on Freeport Creek near present vicinity of Atlantic avenue

– Wind reaches “cyclonic proportions with large hailstones and drenching rains”

– Crops , trees and structures are damaged but no one is reported injured

Landscape; view of northern Woodcleft section

kip — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:32:24 +0000

c 1910s

Comprised of two postcards and two photographs all taken from the window’s walk atop the Romanesque Victorian house at the south east corner of Archer Street and Ocean Avenue.

Ocean Avenue runs north from the center left foreground and Archer Street runs from west to east along the foreground.