1018 Main Street

1018 is one of the gems of Main Street and on the early morning of January 23, 2011 suffered a tragic fire (Click here for Video )   Built in 1870 on nine acres of land by C.C Sellers (who owned 1006 Main)  the property was sold to Ed Williamson in 1877 and sold to Dr.William Painter in 1885 who named the property "Painters Garden" and practiced medicine there until his death in 1919. According to the Montague web site, Painter had sold all but 3/4 of an acre when it was sold to a Dr. Carl Staub who practiced medicine there until his death. His son converted the property to three apartments and an office and the property was purchased by Skiles Montague in 1977.

It was bitterly Cold. This is the ice on one of the ladders

The Rebuild begins.....January 2012

Link Trainer Flight Simulator and the reason that the property is sometimes referred to as the Darby Airport