The Oliver House, Middleboro, MA

Wonderful house, full of history.  The Oliver Mill site is a very cool little park with remnants (rock walls) of the mill which was so important to early Middleboro.  We visited the house with our friends the Gilgans, who are experts on early Colonial architecture, and are on the board for the beautiful Daniel Webster house in Marshfield.  

Peter Oliver was a loyalist, and a bitter enemy of the revolution.  He presided over the Boston Masacre trial, and left Boston for Nova Scotia before being arrested.  His mill in Middleboro made iron strips which were sold to local farmers for fashioning into many uses.  The house was famous in the Colonies as being one of the most elegant houses in New England.  

A few photos from our visit. 

R-Lene and Bob Gilgan, Susan, and docent. 

Wonderful gardens

The grounds have been decorated with many "Fairy" houses, and when we came out 
of the house, we discovered this Cooper's Hawk sitting on top of a stump with abode.