Harthaven, Massachusetts

Harthaven, Massachusetts
William H. Hart house, Harthaven MA
Location in Dukes County in Massachusetts
Coordinates: 41°26′35″N 070°33′23″W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Dukes
Settled	1911
Elevation	13 ft (4 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern)
ZIP code	02557
Area code	508 / 774
GNIS feature ID	617419
Website	www.ci.oak-bluffs.ma.us

Harthaven is a community in the town of Oak Bluffs located on Martha's Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States.

History

Harthaven was first settled by William H. Hart who purchased five lots from the Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company in 1871. Two years later he added an additional three lots. In 1911 he expanded his holdings to include more land south of Farm Pond and the Harthaven community was established between the end of the Oak Bluffs seawall and Sengekontacket Pond. Initially the community was made up entirely of members of his family who originally had chosen the Vineyard as a place to spend the summer but gradually began to stay there year-round after 1911. In 1914 the Vineyard Gazette referred to the community as the "Hart Settlement off the Beach Road". Eventually other New England families such as the Eddys and Youngs married into the Harts, for example when Ethelbert Allen Moore married Martha Hart, a daughter of William H. Hart.

See also

• Flying Horses Carousel
• Martha's Vineyard
• Vineyard Haven

Gallery

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  William H. Hart's grandson's First World War commendation

External links

• Harthaven History by Sam Low
• Harthaven information
• Harthaven Community