Davis Cottage
Davis Cottage
The Davis Cottage is located at 308 Liberty Street and was once the home
of Nathaniel Hart Davis and his wife, Sarah E. White. It was
originally built in 1851 from a log house that was received in payment
as a legal fee. A kitchen area was added in 1880. The south wing was
later built in 1895. It now serves as the Chamber of Commerce Office
and the N.H. Davis Museum after it was given to the Montgomery
Historical Society by the Davis Heirs in 1984.
In the front yard of the Davis cottage are the grave markers of their
two children. We don't know much about them, but they could have been
victims of one of the yellow fever epidemics that affected Montgomery.
Their actual graves are located next door in the vacant lot to the
south.
Next door to the Davis Cottage is the Davis Law office which served as
the Davis Home until 1851. This building served as a school ran by
Texanna Snow, a post office, and a law office.
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