Created by Jonathan Menon Updated On: Agustus 26, 2011
Sarah J. Farmer founded the Green Acre summer forum here in 1894. For a map of the many sites in Eliot, Maine, associated with Green Acre, follow this link: http://bit.ly/n4TPTu
Jonathan Menon: "The Pines" were purchased for Sarah Farmer by Sara Chapman Bull. Lectures at the summer forum were delivered under the shade of the Pines on clear days. The Pines were cut down during the 1930s.
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Jonathan Menon: Monsalvat, the "Mount of Peace," was named by Sarah Farmer after the mountain in Wagner's Parsifal that is the location of the Holy Grail. A Bahá'í House of Worship will one day be built on this site.
Jonathan Menon: The Ole Bull Cottage is named for the famous Norwegian violinist. It was built in 1896 by Mary Burnham, who ran the Green Acre music school. It was later purchased by Sara Chapman Bull, Ole's widow.
Jonathan Menon: Staples Cottage was built by Charles Rogers. In 1912, 'Abdu'l-Bahá held a famous Unity Feast here for the people of Eliot. It was acquired by Green Acre during the 1970s.
Jonathan Menon: Fellowship House was built in 1916 from a bequest of Helen Ellis Cole, a Bahá'í from New York and one of Sarah Farmer's closest friends.