Buddington homestead, Monument Street, Groton

• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1865
• Subjects: Ship captains; Whaling masters; Dwellings; Schooners; Buddington; James M.; 1817-1908; James W.; 1839-1928; Arctic; Homestead; Stonington
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:3732

View of a two-story house with clapboard siding, gable, porch and pitched roof, identified as the house of Captain Buddington. What appears to be a two-story bay, with windows, can be seen on the right side of the house facade. The porch is decorated with flags and pennants. Infrastructure Lifestyle Title supplied by cataloger. Handwritten in pen on back: "Homestead of Captain Buddington/ Monument Street/Groton, Conn." Possibly the home of either James W. Buddington or his father Captain James M. Buddington, at 141 and 149 Monument Street, respectively. Both men had long careers as whaling captains. James M.'s adventures at sea included the recovery of the abandoned British ship Resolute from the Arctic ice. James W. was born in Groton at the 149 Monument Street House. He was a whaler out of New London and other ports, and commanded a sealing schooner out of Stonington 1887-92. He also owned the steamer Summer Girl, which operated between New London and Bushy Point, Groton. Buddington was the last active New London whaling master, as captain of the Margarett 1908-1909. He was the cousin of Captain Sidney O. Budington (apparent variant spelling of name). Lower right-hand corner slightly bent.