Sometime in 1841, perhaps very soon after the sale of 14 June 1841, they obtained a transfer from a Captain Ramsay of what was then Town Lot 42, and there erected a large house of which the Canton Press caustically commente<Read more ...>
The design of the walls and the cannon makes me wonder if originally there was an artillery battery in front of flagstaff house. Nothing shows on Rob Weir's map here but perhaps it was rapidly replaced by other installations<Read more ...>
