“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” - William Faulkner

History

Select Pictures of the People and Places of Flood’s Cove Through the Years

Flood’s Cove

Cap’n Am’s (AKA the Big House)

In the distance, you can see the “Cap’n Am’s” in this photo that dates back to circa 1918. Notice that there is no Barnacle on the beach that was later converted from a separate men’s and women's changing building to the cottage there today.

You can see, however, why Can’ Am’s was knick named the “Big House” as it looks to be a very large home to be built back in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. It shows a sweeping double decker, wrap around porch around the front and the second story back porch was in place prior to being removed around 1989 to leave just the covered back porch on the first floor.

Aside from the trees that have subsequently grown up around Flood’s Cove, this picture looks very similar to the way it looks today.

Everett and Dr. Alice flood

Here, sitting on the front porch of the Big House that still looks very much today as it did when this picture was taken, sit Everett (1898-1968, age 70) and Dr. Alice Flood (1902-1982, age 80) in a 2-person love seat soaking up the sun with their little fox terrier dog named “Spotty” partially visible in the foreground. Residents of Augusta, ME, where Everett ran a furniture store and Dr. Flood a dental practice out of their home on Davenport Street, the two would drive to Friendship, ME with the family to spend weekends and eventually summers oceanside in Flood’s Cove.

the barnstable

With the horse “Duchess” tied up to the Barnstable (built circa 1887) porch in the back ground and a dog (name unknown) in her lap, Mary (age 17) is sitting in the front yard in this picture taken in between her junior and senior year of high school. In the summer of 2020, Josh and Anne Flood completed building a new porch for the Barnstable that looks very similar to the one seen here in this picture.

the bungalow

In this picture of unknown date, the Bungalow stands in the background behind a field of grass displaying her screened in porch that runs from ceiling to floor.

This field also had low-lying blueberry bushes where payment for breakfast at the Big House growing up required one cup of freshly picked blueberries in the morning before kids were served!