The Moorings

Peruse a lecture transcript and several dozen images from Sippican Historical Society’s 2006 exhibit on Colonel Harry E. Converse’s famed estate, The Moorings. At the time of its building in 1903, The Moorings was the largest wood-framed house in New England—three stories tall with 32 bed chambers plus dormitory facilities for the service staff. [Click any image to view as a slideshow, beginning at that point.]