Then & Now: A Sunday stroll in a quieter Fryeburg Village

The scene depicted by the antique postcard here is easy to locate, given a little familiarity with Fryeburg history. The date is more difficult to estimate, but with allowance for a little speculation it might be narrowed down considerably

At left is the former home of James Osgood McMillan, who was dead more than two decades by the time this photograph was taken. On the other side of the hedge from the McMillan place is the Oxford House complex. Between the two once sat the law office of David R. Hastings, but he died in 1896 and his son had moved the firm to another location — perhaps already to the Portland Street building where the family practice remained through most of the 20th century.