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This long, low, gambrel roofed structure, with a broad chimney showing the date of 1666, was a long way ahead of the first log cabins erected by the Pilgrims  farther than most of us realize, accustomed as we are to glass instead of oiled paper in windows; to shingles, and not thatch for roofs. It is fitting that this ancient and charming dwelling should be associated with one of the most romantic, most striking, names in the Plymouth Colony. There are few more picturesque personalities in our early history than Myles Standish. THIS LONG LOW GAMBRIL ROOFED STRUCTURE WITH A BROAD CHIMNEY SHOWING THE DATE OF SIXTEEN SIXTY SIX WAS A LONG WAY AHEAD OF THE FIRST LOG CABINS ERECTED BY THE PILGRIMS FARTHER THAN MOST OF US REALIZE ACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE TO GLASS INSTEAD OF OILED PAPER IN WINDOWS TO SHINGLES AND NOT THATCH FOR ROOFS IT IS FITTING THAT THIS ANCIENT AND CHARMING DWELLING SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THE MOST ROMANTIC MOST STRIKING NAMES IN THE PLYMOUTH COLONY THERE ARE FEW MORE PICTURESQUE PERSONALITIES IN OUR EARLY HISTORY THAN MYLES STANDISH
 HOMES [Illustration] There are certain places whose happy fortune seems to be that they are always specially loved and specially sought by the children of men. From that memorable date in 1630 when a little group of the Plymouth colonists asked permission to locate across the bay at "Duxberie" until now, when the summer colony alone has far surpassed that of the original settlers, this section of the coast--with its lovely six-mile beach, its high bluffs, and its pleasant hills and pasture lands, upon which are found quite a southern flora, unique in this northern latitude--has been thoroughly frequented and enjoyed. There is no more graphic index to the caliber of a people than the houses which they build, and the first house above all others which we must associate with this spot is the Standish cottage, built at the foot of Captain's Hill by Alexander Standish, the son of Myles, partly from materials from his father's house, which was burned down, but whose cellar is still visible. HAND CHAPTER NINE DUXBURY HOMES THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES WHOSE HAPPY FORTUNE SEEMS TO BE THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS SPECIALLY LOVED AND SPECIALLY SOUGHT BY THE CHILDREN OF MEN FROM THAT MEMORABLE DATE IN SIXTEEN THIRTY WHEN A LITTLE GROUP OF THE PLYMOUTH COLONISTS ASKED PERMISSION TO LOCATE ACROSS THE BAY AT DUXBURY UNTIL NOW WHEN THE SUMMER COLONY ALONE HAS FAR SURPASSED THAT OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS THIS SECTION OF THE COAST WITH ITS LOVELY SIX MILE BEACH ITS HIGH BLUFFS AND ITS PLEASANT HILLS AND PASTURE LANDS UPON WHICH ARE FOUND QUITE A SOUTHERN FLORA UNIQUE IN THIS NORTHERN LATITUDE HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY FREQUENTED AND ENJOYED THERE IS NO MORE GRAPHIC INDEX TO THE CALIBRE OF A PEOPLE THAN THE HOUSES WHICH THEY BUILD AND THE FIRST HOUSE ABOVE ALL OTHERS WHICH WE MUST ASSOCIATE WITH THIS SPOT IS THE STANDISH COTTAGE BUILT AT THE FOOT OF CAPTAIN'S HILL BY ALEXANDER STANDISH THE SON OF MILES PARTLY FROM MATERIALS FROM HIS FATHER'S HOUSE WHICH WAS BURNED DOWN BUT WHOSE CELLAR IS STILL VISIBLE
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