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The History Of 1 Bacon Street

A list of residents of 1 Bacon Street can be found at the bottom of this page.

            The land that today comprises Bacon Street was granted to two children of Abraham Wing, Abraham Wing, Jr. and his sister Mary Lewis, and her son Charles Lewis by the proprietors of the Queensbury Patent.  In the 1830’s the property was farmed by Joshua B. Leavens.  When he died, the farm was sold to Jacob Martin Richards.  Bacon Street was the northerly line of the Richards farm and was first called Richards Street.  Jacob sold many lots from the farm and so laid out Bacon Street.[1]

            Later the property became part of the D. H. Cowles estate.  It is not clear who owned the property between Jacob Richards time and when D. H. Cowles acquired it.  The executors of the Cowles estate sold the land to Harmon R. Leavens and Warren Curtis on December 30, 1891.[2]  The Glens Falls City Directory[3] first lists One Bacon Street in its 1901 edition as vacant property.  In 1903 there are people living there.  It is not as yet known who built the house or exactly when.

            Use of the city directories can establish who resided at the house and the approximate time they lived there.  So far the ownership of the house between the Harmon Leavens and Warren Curtis purchase of 1891 and 1913 when Frank McAuley purchased the house has not been determined.  The directories list Charles E. Durlin, an employee of The Union Bag And Paper Company of Sandy Hill, NY as residing there in 1903 and 1904.  William Durlin is listed as a boarder during that same time period.  From 1905 to 1910 Henry W. Williams, a lawyer and a partner in the firm of Ashley and Williams of 2 Warren Street, Glens Falls, resided there.  From 1911 to 1912, the home was occupied by Mrs. Rudolph DeRoode, described as the widow of Dr. DeRoode, who died February 2, 1910.  C. D. Blanchard, an employee of The International Paper Company, also is listed as a resident during those years.

            In 1913 the property is occupied and owned by Frank W. McAuley who was a carpenter and builder.  At other times he resided  at and presumably owned other homes on Bacon Street.  A deed dated April 5, 1915, shows that Frank McAuley and his wife Ella sold the property to Beman L. Palmer.[4]  Mr. Palmer is described as retired in the city directory.  He resided there until his death in 1923.  His wife, Mrs. Anna B. Palmer, presumably inherited the title to the property and lived there until she died in 1937.

            At Mrs. Palmer’s death, the property was willed on November 10, 1937 to her sister in law Mrs. Mary H. Burdick who resided in Philadelphia, PA.[5]  She apparently moved to Glens Falls as she is listed as residing at One Bacon Street until 1940 when she died.  The property was willed October 15, 1940 to Mrs. Burdick’s sister Mrs. Anna Hill who resided there until 1948.[6]  

            Mrs. Hill passed away in either 1948 or 1949 and the property was willed to her sister, Nellie L. Smith.[7]  As she had passed away, the property then went to Mrs. Hill’s nieces.[8]  They were Mamie McGeough Gilbert of 195 Elmwood Ave., Burlington, VT. and Gertrude McGeough Sassi of Morrisville, VT.  They sold the property to the American Red Cross on  March 9, 1949 but a deed reference has not been found.  The American Red Cross occupied the building from 1949 to 1991.

            On November 20, 1991, Sharon Hack purchased the building from the Red Cross.[9]  The building is now the home of Book-N Browse, a used book store.

RESIDENTS OF No. 1 BACON STREET

A list of residents according to the Glens Falls City Directories

                                          * This name was determined from a search of the deeds.  The house is now home to Book-N Browse, a dealer in used books.