This house is significant because it is one of few remaining cottages built as summer retreats for

Portland residents.  The English Cottage style home sites on a small rise above the lake.

Located on the west end of the lake, South Shore was one of the first areas to open up for

development in 1913 when Paul Murphy cleared sites around the lake to sell.  Lakefront lots started at $200.  Summer cottages and homes were popular with Portlanders during that period. Oswego residents also began to build around the lake and lots sold quickly, even as prices rose, through the1920s and 30s.