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The 1852 Italianate home of Capt. Henry S. Stark and his wife, Mary Rathbun Stark, is on West Mystic Avenue in Mystic. Mary Stark supervised the construction because her husband, a ship captain, was in command of a bark voyaging to Italy. The avenue was called Skipper Lane because many ship captains built homes there. Capt. Stark also made voyages to Mexico and Hawaii. His wife accompanied him on his voyage to Honolulu from 1854 to 1856 on the clipper ship B.F. Hoxie. Mary Stark wrote a series of letters during the voyage, many to her daughter, Lizzie Stark, describing her experiences.

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Capt. Henry S. Stark House (1852)
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  • March 23, 2012 at 9:11 pm
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    This is the house of my gggg grandmother. I now live in Hawaii. My brother owns the globe from the B.F. Hoxie and my sister has Mary Stark’s personal diary from that trip.

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