Dr Daniel Fisher House
Dr Daniel Fisher House
October 18, 1940
More About Dr. Fisher; His House, His Character
More memories of Dr. Daniel Fisher, whose place in Vineyard life was interestingly told in an article by Martin B. Faris, present owner of the beautiful Dr. Fisher House at Edgartown, published in a recent issue of the Vineyard Gazette, are contained in a letter written to Mr. Faris by Henry Franklin Norton. By permission of Mr. Norton and Mr. Faris the letter is presented here as a postscript to the earlier article.
July 17, 1931
Vineyard Claims 20 Year Advantage in Bathtub Race
When was the first bath tub brought to Martha’s Vineyard? Nantucket had a bath tub, weighing more than 800 pounds, in 1881. A Nantucketer reports having seen another as early as 1861 on that island. Commenting editorially on the question of bath tub priority, the Boston Herald on Wednesday morning challenged Vineyarders to adduce proof of the earlier existence on this Island of a receptacle designed solely for bathing the human form.
September 5, 1930
Gave Time and Funds To Island Improvements
A few years ago a newspaper cartoonist, who was portraying the childhood beginnings of many noted figures in American life, depicted William M. Butler, then United States senator, as he may have looked as a boy selling newspapers in Edgartown. The cartoonist’s choice might have fallen upon the old Hathaway, Soule & Harrington shoe factory in New Bedford where Mr. Butler was employed as an office boy in the fall of 1878; or it might have inked in that scene when Mr.
July 23, 1886
For Sale
At Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. - A large, substantial, square Mansion house, stable and grounds; the house is well supplied with open fire-places, etc., and was built regardless of cost by the late Dr. Daniel Fisher, and is in the most perfect condition, and needs not the outlay of a dollar; from the cupola is obtained a beautiful and extended landscape and marine view; rest and quiet are found here, while distant only fifteen minutes by rail is the bustling thriving city of Oak Bluffs. The heirs offer this estate at an enormous sacrifice. For full particulars apply to Horace S. Crowell, 27 State St., Boston; Hon. Jonathan Bourne, New Bedford; or J. W. Donaldson, Edgartown.
