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    Harrison-Sylvia Houses, Edmunds, Maine

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    Two cape style houses on the Harrison Road in Edmunds, Maine, were occupied in 1861 by W. and J.W. Harrison. For much of the twentieth century they were the adjacent homes of brothers Charles "Charlie" and Walter Sylvia and their families.

    W. Harrison lived in this house between 1860 and 1881, which for much of the twentieth century became the home of schoolteacher Charles Sylvia and his wife Ruby. The next house was occupied by J.W. Harrison in 1860, and by C.E. Abbot in 1881. During the latter part of the 20th century it was the home of Phyllis and her husband Walter Sylvia, a carpenter.

    Nineteenth century J. W. Harrison House, later the home of Phyllis and Walter Sylvia, on the Harrison Road in Edmunds, Maine.
    Nineteenth century W. Harrison House, later the home of Charles and Ruby Sylvia, on the Harrison Road, in Edmunds, Edmunds, Maine. The nineteenth century W. Harrison House, later the home of Charles and Ruby Sylvia in Edmunds, Maine. 1881 Colby Atlas Map Harrison Road, Edmunds, in 1861; W. Harrison and J.W. Harrison are shown in adjacent houses on the bend in the Harrison Road in Edmunds in this detail from the Atlas of Washington County published by Lee and Marsh in 1861.