Martin Digital History

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  • Side of post office with several people. Broster Kitching originally established the rooming house Stuart House (later the Stuart Hotel) in the late 1880s. After he became postmaster in 1894, the house also became the post office. He is pictured here standing on the porch. Louis McFarlan is second from left.
  • Louis Cass McFarlan is seated among the branches. Another man and a child lean against the tree. Man may be Robert McFarlan.

    William Dowling McFarlan Jr. (1836-1925), brother Robert M. McFarlan (1843–1914), and cousin Louis Cass McFarlan (1850-1913) and his wife Lorena Maule McFarlan (1873-1962) and young son were regular winter visitors to Stuart from their home in Pennsylvania, between 1895 through about 1910. Both William, a retired merchant, and Louis, a cloth merchant, purchased several properties in Stuart between 1904 and 1907.
  • Lorena McFarlan in a tree, with bicycles at foot of tree.
  • Several people posed under a tree. Possibly Robert McFarlan on left.
  • Several people posed under a tree. Louis Cass McFarlan seated at right, possibly Robert McFarlan on left.
  • Young child and woman in the water. Boats and concrete train bridge visible in the background. The woman is probably Lorena Maule McFarlan (1873-1962) and the child William Maule McFarlan (1905–1982).
  • Several people with a horse drawn carriage on the beach.
  • Broster Kitching originally established the rooming house Stuart House (later the Stuart Hotel) in the late 1880s. Flag draped over railing. After he became postmaster in 1894, the house also became the post office. He is pictured here standing on the right.

    William Dowling McFarlan Jr. (1836-1925), brother Robert M. McFarlan (1843–1914), and cousin Louis Cass McFarlan (1850-1913) and his wife Lorena Maule McFarlan (1873-1962) and young son were regular winter visitors to Stuart from their home in Pennsylvania, between 1895 through about 1910. Both William, a retired merchant, and Louis, a cloth merchant, purchased several properties in Stuart between 1904 and 1907.

  • Little boy in front of a palm tree, houses visible behind him. Probably William Maule McFarlan (1905–1982).

    William Dowling McFarlan Jr. (1836-1925), brother Robert M. McFarlan (1843–1914), and cousin Louis Cass McFarlan (1850-1913) and his wife Lorena Maule McFarlan (1873-1962) and young son William Maule McFarlan (1905–1982) were regular winter visitors to Stuart from their home in Pennsylvania, between 1895 through about 1910. Both William, a retired merchant, and Louis, a cloth merchant, purchased several properties in Stuart between 1904 and 1907. William first wintered in Rockledge, Florida, but found the fishing in Stuart to be superior.

  • Little boy in front of a palm tree, houses visible behind him. Probably William Maule McFarlan (1905–1982).

    William Dowling McFarlan Jr. (1836-1925), brother Robert M. McFarlan (1843–1914), and cousin Louis Cass McFarlan (1850-1913) and his wife Lorena Maule McFarlan (1873-1962) and young son were regular winter visitors to Stuart from their home in Pennsylvania, between 1895 through about 1910. Both William, a retired merchant, and Louis, a cloth merchant, purchased several properties in Stuart between 1904 and 1907.

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