Old Church at Star Island, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, circa 1902
- Subject
- Churches
- Card type
- Private mailing card
About this postcard
A small stone church with a red wooden belfry and slender spire stands on bare, ledge-rock ground with patches of grass, the sea horizon faint behind it. The card names it as the Old Church at Star Island in the Isles of Shoals, the cluster of rocky islands off the New Hampshire–Maine coast. The stone chapel on Star Island is traditionally dated to about 1800, when it was raised by island resident Samuel Haley, and it survives as one of the oldest buildings in the Shoals, later associated with the summer conferences held on the island.
Postcard Details
Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Amherst, MA |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Detroit Photographic Co. |
| Series | 6029 |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Charlotte S Hassett, Amesbury, MA |
| Place depicted | Star Island, Isles of Shoals, NH |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | White border around a color-printed image; handwritten message in ink on the front below the caption; light soiling and a crease at the lower left corner. Postmark: AMHERST MASS. AUG 3 7-AM 1903. Private Mailing Card stock ("Authorized by Act of Congress of May 19, 1898"), undivided address side with "THIS SIDE IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE ADDRESS"; white-bordered tinted halftone view; light corner and edge wear, small stain at upper right by the stamp. |
Cite this card
Old Church at Star Island, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, circa 1902, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/old-church-at-star-island-isles-of-shoals-new-hampshire-circ. Accessed October 24, 2026.