WOLF HOUSE
This home used to sit on the southeast corner of Hamlin.
Henry Herman built a hotel and
bar in 1817 here; later it became the Walker house, which was torn down
in 1904 to build the Queen Anne style Wolf house.
The Wolf house was torn down in 1997 to make room for the Jack
Williams Tire Company.
HAMLIN HOTEL
Built by Oliver Hamlin in 1816 and housed Luke’s bar.
It’s considered the oldest existing building in Hamlin. Oliver
Hamlin then built the Hamlin House in 1817 next to the hotel.
In 1876, it was moved to its present location on Route 590,
opposite the Texaco (now Locklin’s) station, to make way for Oliver’s
son Butler Hamlin to build the existing Victorian house on Route 191.
The original Hamlin House was owned by Laura Chapman and sold by
her estate.
HARRIS HAMLIN HOME
The first house built in the settlement of Salem by Harris Hamlin of
Connecticut in 1802. Situated on Route 590.
The house was first built on the North/South Road, routes 191/196
north of corners. Charles
Hamlin had the house moved – pulling and rolling it on logs to its
present location. It was
last owned by Laura Chapman before her death.
It was torn down in March 2009 to make way for the new Rite Aid.
MORGAN STONE HOUSE
The land on which the Stone House stood was originally deeded to
Tilghman, who conveyed it to Edward Dondon in 1801.
London transferred the title to Charles Goodrich Sr., in 1802.
Finally, Goodrich deeded the property of Aaron Morgan.
Aaron Morgan came to Salem prior to 1838, perhaps about 1836.
He lived for a time in the log house near the Spangenberg spring,
until the Stone House was completed.
An old barn he built near the log house was later moved to the
Stone House property, where it stood.
The Stone House took about one year to build and most all the
stone used in its construction was quarried at the Morgan Hill quarry,
about two miles north of
Hamlin on the Easton and Belmont Turnpike.
The stone was transported to the
site by ox teams. The
masons were Arthur, Ruben and James Megargle.
The house contained a store and millinery in the front room and
in later years a real estate office until its end in the 1990’s, when it
made room for the parking lot for CVS Pharmacy.
OLD HAMLIN DINER
This diner was built on the corner (where present day Pennstar
resides) in 1948. The diner
was removed in 1985 when the present Hamlin Diner was built, east of the
corners on Route 590.
OLVER AND HAWTHORNE STORE
Built in 1816, the new store was built by Luther Weston in 1850.
The 1816 store was later attached to the Polley house and was the
oldest structure in Hamlin until it was torn down in 2001. The Olver and
Hawthorne store occupied Weston’s building, which stands on the corner.
The front part of the building was torn down in February 2009 to
make room for the parking lot for the new Rite Aid.
