Harthaven is a community in the town of Oak Bluffs

Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

Oak Bluffs is a town located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,713 at the 2000 census and was estimated at 3,735 as of 2008...

 located on Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony....

 in Dukes County

Dukes County, Massachusetts

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 14,987 people, 6,421 households, and 3,788 families residing in the county. The population density was 144 people per square mile . There were 14,836 housing units at an average density of 143 per square mile...

, Massachusetts

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, United States

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History

Harthaven was first settled by William H. Hart 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

Vineyard Gazette

The Vineyard Gazette is the only paid circulation newspaper 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...

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.

See also

• Flying Horses Carousel
  Flying Horses Carousel
  The Flying Horses Carousel is the oldest operating platform carousel in America. It is listed as a National Historic Landmark.-History:This carousel, one of two similar carousels built by the Charles W. Dare Company, was built in 1876. It was moved by New York attorney F. O. Gordon from Coney...
  
  
• Martha's Vineyard
  Martha's Vineyard
  Martha's Vineyard is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony....
  
  
• Vineyard Haven
  Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
  Vineyard Haven is a community within the town of Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. It is listed as a census-designated place by the U.S...
  
  
• The Grand Illumination
• William H. Hart

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External links

• Harthaven History by Sam Low http://www.samlow.com/harthavenhistory.htm
• Harthaven information http://massachusetts.hometownlocator.com/MA/Dukes/Harthaven.cfm#18
• Harthaven Community http://www.harthavencommunity.com/