History Lost & Found

Riddle: The museum is the clue you gave us, The man who lived there was named Davis.  He rendered service and lots he as paid, from that payment his house was made. Two babies are buried near this homestead, search for the resting of the dead.

Answer: The Davis House

 

 

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.