Unique in the area, the Gammon-Edwards house in Whittletown was constructed with concrete blocks made in a Sears, Roebuck, & Co. hand-operated press (see illustration below.) G. W. Gammon, a local merchant, had the house built for his family's use in 1906, on a lot purchased in 1900.
After Gammon's death, the house was bought at auction in 1936 by his niece, Verna Giles Edwards, and her husband John. It has remained in the Edwards family ever since.
The small frame dependency to the rear is of earlier construction. It served during the period 1883-1893 as a harness shop owned and operated by a Mr. Shepherd. Later it was a servant's quarters.
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Further sources: conversations in April 1998 among Sarah Mitchell, Paul Shelton, and Lucy Campbell concerning recollections of the dependency's use. Mr. Shelton, proprietor of Shelton's Saddlery next door, recalled being advised of the Shepherd harness shop by neighbor Mr. White. Mrs. Campbell remembered the servant's quarters from when her family first moved to Whittletown in the early 1900's.
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