Historic Tales of Oak Bluffs
by Skip Finley
Historic Tales of Oak Bluffs by Skip Finley
Available now at the following on-island locations:
Oak Bluffs Neighborhoods: Arts District, Bayes Hill, Bellevue Heights, Central Place, Cottage City/Copeland/Gold Coast, Deer Run, East Chop, Eastville, Elinwood Heights, Englewood, Farm Neck, Farm Pond, Forest Hill, Fresh Pond, Grovedale*, Hart Haven, Head of the Pond, Hethern Heights*, Lagoon Estates, Lagoon Heights, Majors Cove, Meadow View Farm, Oak Grove, Oakland, Ocean Heights*, Oklahoma, Petaluma (Viera Park), Pond View, Prospect Heights, Sea View Hill*, Sengekontacket, Southern Woodlands, Sunset Heights*, The Highlands, Tomahawk Corner, Tower Ridge, Tradewinds, Vineyard Grove, Vineyard Highlands, Waterview Farm, Wesleyan Grove/Campgrounds/Squash Meadow [Neighborhoods: some are no longer i.e., Bellevue Heights-some are not generally i.e., Petaluma—and there are several new untitled developments i.e., between Pacific & Eastville & NY avenues, *some made it to maps but not construction]
Oak Bluffs Parks: Arlington, Asbury, Beecher, Connecticut, Crescent, Dempster, East Chop Lighthouse, Ellinwood Heights, Elliot Place, Farm Pond Preserve, Fitchburg, Forest Park, Hartford a, Hiawatha a, Hudson, Lakeside, Landers, Leslie, Lincoln, Linden, Linton, Mill Square, Morton, Nashawena a, Naushon a, Niantic a, Ocean a, Oriental Square, Park (Pennacook), Penn Field, Pettuluma, Plaza, Plymouth, Prospect, Sailing Camp, Saratoga, Seaside, Soldiers Memorial, Summerfield, Sumner, Sunset Lake, The Campgrounds, The Vale, Tradewind Field Preserve, Union, Vale (The), Viera, Vincent, Waban a, Washington, Webster, Wesley, Wesleyan, Whitefield Square, Winne
Oak Bluffs Ponds: Brush, Crystal Lake (Perch Pond), Dodger’s Hole, Duarte’s, Farm, Fresh, Hamlin Pond, Hart’s Harbor, Ice House (Hamlin Pond), Lagoon, Lake Anthony (opened to Sound in 1900), Major’s Cove, Rufus or Waptesun, Sailboat, Sengekontacket, Sunset Lake (Squash Meadow), The Lagoon
Oak Bluffs Cemeteries: Adam’s Lookout Cemetery, Eastville Cemetery, Norton Cemetery, Oak Grove Cemetery, Old Burial Ground (Barnes Road), Old Burial Ground (VH-Edg Road), Sea View Hill Cemetery
Oak Bluffs Beaches; East Chop Beach Club, Jetty Beach, The Pay Beach, The Inkwell, End of the Wall Beach, Hart Haven, Joseph Sylvia State Beach, Madeiros Beach (Sailing Camp/Lagoon), Eastville Beach
Islands: Brush Island, Gravel Island, Great Island, Sarsons Island, Woodie Island
Oak Bluffs Historic Hotels: Baxter, Beatrice, Circuit Avenue, Dunbar (Renamed from Central House), Grover House, Highland House, Howard, Island House, Metropolitan, Oak Bluffs, Oakwood, Ocean View, Pawnee, Sea View House, Vineyard Grove, Wesley (Renamed Summercamp), Wyoming
Martha’s Vineyard Beaches: Oak Bluffs; East Chop Beach Club, Jetty (Marinelli Beach), Pay Beach, The Inkwell, End of the Wall, Hart Haven, Joseph Sylvia State Beach, Madeiros (Sailing Camp/Lagoon); Edgartown; Edgartown, Bend In the Road, Cow Bay, Little Beach, Fuller Street Beach (Land’s End), Lighthouse, Katama, Cracatuxet, South Chappaquiddick; Cape Pogue, Chappy Point, The Dike Beach, Wasque; West Tisbury; Watcha Pond, Long Point, Deep Bottom, Tiah’s Cove, Plum Bush Point, Sepiessa; Chilmark; Quantsoo reserve, Black Point, Hancock Abel’s Hill, Chilmark Pond, Lucy Vincent (Jungle beach), Stonewall Beach, Quitsa Pond, Squibnocket; Aquinnah; Zacks, Philbin, Aquinnah (The Pinkwell), Devil’s Bridge, Dogfish Bar, Goff, Oxcart Road, Lobsterville, Menemsha Bight; Chilmark (north); Menemsha Beach, Seven Gables, Great Rock Bight, Cape Higgon, Split Rock; West Tisbury (north); Cedar Tree Neck, Lambert’s Cove, Makonikey Head; Vineyard Haven; Lake Tashmoo, Wilfrid’s Pond, Vineyard Haven Harbor, Black Cat Beach; Oak Bluffs (north); Eastville Beach