Harthaven – A Brief History
The Hart family first came to the Vineyard in the 1870s from the “Hardware Capital of the World” – New Britain Connecticut. The family patriarch – William H. Hart – was president of the Stanley Works.
For more than 40 years the family summered in Oak Bluffs, but in 1911 William began buying up land to the south of Farm Pond… This was the beginning of a family settlement soon to be called Harthaven.
Archive
The Harthaven Centennial
Family histories, historic photographs, home movies and essays gathered for Harthaven’s 100th anniversary.
Memories & Essays
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Hart Haven Beach Buddies Plovers, osprey and oystercatchers in your neighborhood
Chelsea Polevy, Mass Audubon · 2015
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Family Spirits
Sam Low
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A Hurricane is Coming
Sam Low · September 2003
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A Tolerance for Nature
Sam Low · Vineyard Gazette, Spring 2000
Artists & Writers
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Andrew Moore
Realist painter in watercolor, egg tempera and oil, with a studio in Harthaven.
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Heather Goff
Vineyard-born artist painting island landscapes on pottery since 1980.
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Martha Moore
Sculptor.
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Mila Cenkl
Artist, born in Czechoslovakia in 1934; studied at Charles University in Prague.
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Rebecca S. Everett
Oil paintings and giclée prints.
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Robert H. Kuehn, Jr.
Artist from Medicine Lake, Minnesota.
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Sam Low
Film producer, writer and photographer.
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Sanford Ballard Dole Low
Artist, born in Kohala, Hawaii, in 1905.
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Virginia Hart Low
Artist, born in New Britain, Connecticut, in 1902.