Harthaven is a community in the town of
Oak Bluffs
Oak Bluffs is a town located on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,341 at the 2020 United States Census. It is one of the island's principal points of arrival for summer tourists ...
located on
Martha's Vineyard in
Dukes County
Dukes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,600, making it the second-least populous county in Massachusetts. Its county seat is Edgartown.
Dukes County comprises the Viney ...
,
Massachusetts
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, United States.
History
Harthaven was first settled by
William H. Hart
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who purchased five lots from the Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company in 1871. Two years later he added an additional three lots. In 1911 he expanded his holdings to include more land south of
Farm Pond and the Harthaven community was established between the end of the Oak Bluffs seawall and Sengekontacket Pond. Initially the community was made up entirely of members of his family who originally had chosen the Vineyard as a place to spend the summer but gradually began to stay there year-round after 1911. In 1914 the ''
Vineyard Gazette
The ''Vineyard Gazette'' is one of two paid circulation newspapers on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Founded in 1846, it also circulates in many other states and countries to seasonal residents of the resort island. History
The ''Gazette'' was ...
'' referred to the community as the "Hart Settlement off the Beach Road". Eventually other New England families such as the Eddys and Youngs married into the Harts, for example when Ethelbert Allen Moore married Martha Hart, a daughter of William H. Hart.
[John Moore, “Harthaven – The Best Darned Place To Grow Up", Persuasive Press, 1999, ]
Geography
See also
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Martha's Vineyard
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Vineyard Haven
Vineyard Haven is a community within the town of Tisbury, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard. It is listed as a census-designated place (CDP) by the U.S. Census Bureau with a population of 2,114 as of the 2010 census.
The area was ...
Gallery
File:WilliamHart.JPG, William H. Hart's grandson's First World War commendation
References
External links
Harthaven History by Sam LowHarthaven informationHarthaven Community
{{Dukes County, Massachusetts
Populated coastal places in Massachusetts
Populated places established in 1911
Populated places in Dukes County, Massachusetts
Tourist attractions in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts