The Dunbar Tea Room
The carriage house that sits next to the John Dillingham House is The Dunbar Tea Room today and named after a previous owner. John Dillingham (1710-1797) built the house in 1740, which sits across the road from Lower Shawme Lake and the Grist Mill. Abigail Russell Gifford Bicknell (1839-1922), a descendant of a former owner by marriage, inherited the property in 1900 and operated a tea room in the house. After her death in 1922, the house was purchased by Colonel H. P. Dunbar who renovated the house and constructed the three-bay carriage house. The house was purchased by the town in 1974 and sold, with a preservation restriction, to a private owner in 1993.
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