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Thinkers Lodge - Its Architectural History -

8/27/2018

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​Over two-hundred years ago, the home now called Thinkers Lodge was built, one of the earliest homes in Pugwash. Located on the northern end of Water Street, it looks out at the Northumberland Strait at the mouth of the Pugwash River Estuary. Today, this national historic site welcomes visitors and hosts conferences, workshops, and weddings.
An early settler of Pugwash was Jacomiah Seaman, Sr, a Loyalist emigrated from Long Island, New York, who was granted lands by the British Crown to compensate for loss of property during the American Revolution.[i] Two of his sons, Abraham (a harbormaster and tavern owner) and Stephen, likely purchased the land where Thinkers Lodge stands from three Mi’kmaqs in 1802.  The original house was built around 1807.[ii]  Initially, it was a 26-foot by 34-foot rectangular center hallway.
A dispute about the ownership of the land between Roach, Morse, and Seaman who was suffering from financial problems continued over eleven years until 1828, and Stephen Seaman’s family was evicted from the house in 1817. In 1818, David Sampson Pineo (1770-1838) purchased from Roach and Morse the Old Stephen Seaman House, “which was still one of two or three dwellings on the east side of Pugwash Harbour.”[iii] The purchase price for the land and house was to be paid in five annual installments of 100 pounds. David moved his wife and five children into the “harbor-front” home.  These pioneers took great risks, so financial difficulties were not uncommon.[iv]


[i] Old Pugwash Families by James F. Smith, as published in The Oxford Journal, Oxford, Nova Scotia, The North Cumberland Historical Society, June 1985

[ii] The History of Pugwash by James F. Smith, the North Cumberland Historical Society, 1978, Pugwash, Nova Scotia

[iii] Old Pugwash Families by James F. Smith, NCHS, June 1985

[iv] Vivian Godfree email, April 20, 2018

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Summary of Thinkers Lodge: Its History and Legacy

8/26/2018

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​Thinkers Lodge: Its History and Legacy
by Cathy Eaton © 2018
Eatonmurph@aol.com
603-714-9588
 
Thinkers Lodge, a National Historic Site in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, symbolizes the birth of the Pugwash movement for nuclear disarmament.
 
Joseph Rotblat (Nobel Peace Prize recipient), Cyrus Eaton (host of the early Pugwash Conferences), Anne Eaton, Ruth Adams, and 22 scientists from both sides of the Iron Curtain convened for the 1957 Pugwash Conference as peace activists seeking to build a world that would not incinerate in a nuclear holocaust.  Exploring the lives of these intrepid men and women helps us understand the courage and commitment it took to spend their lives fighting for peaceful coexistence.
 
Today, more than ever, this book is relevant because nuclear threats bubble to the surface as power-hungry, unstable countries flaunt their nuclear arsenals.  In a time that is fraught with violent uprisings, starvation, mass killings, and dangerous climate change, it is important to recognize that individuals can make their voices heard and change the destiny of the world. Each of us must remember our humanity, welcome discourse with those who have differing beliefs, and spend our energy assisting others and making our world a safer, healthier place.
 
Joseph Rotblat climbed out of a Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, to become a nuclear scientist, the heart of the Pugwash Conferences and a life-long peace activist. Born on a Pugwash farm in 1883, Cyrus Eaton became a wealthy industrialist, a generous philanthropist and a passionate advocate for peace between communist and capitalist countries.  Anne Eaton, confined to a wheel chair from polio, advocated for equal rights for women and African Americans. The graciousness and hospitality of Cyrus and Anne Eaton captivated Pugwash Conference participants and generated attitudes of trust and honesty. Charles Eaton, a Baptist minister and New Jersey Congressman, used his pulpit to establish sanctuaries, jobs, and security for impoverished parishioners and people devastated by war.
 
Author Cathy Eaton, granddaughter of Pugwash born Cyrus Eaton, interviewed the people who worked at Thinkers Lodge.  She recounts the stories of peace activists, of firefighters and villagers who saved the burning Lodge, of staff who served the guests, of conference drivers, of ship builders and space travelers, of architects and history teachers, of carpenters and mill owners. Their generosity of spirit, resiliency, and hard work created an ambience where visitors felt safe and able to share ideas that can lead to positive change in a world struggling with weapons of mass destruction and perilous climate change. 
 
In her account of the history of Thinkers Lodge, the Lobster Factory, Eaton Park, the Masonic Lodge, and the Margaret King School, she unveils the lives of scientists, fishermen, ministers, philanthropists, students, construction workers, and soldiers.
 
Join Cathy Eaton on her journey of discovery and read her book about the scientists, thinkers, and villagers whose commitment to humanity provides hope.
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August 26th, 2018

8/26/2018

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    Please contact Cathy Eaton at Eatonmurph@aol.com if you want to share some stories.  Please post your stories or memories that relate to Thinkers Lodge, the Dining Hall (Lobster Factory), Joseph Rotblat, the Conference Participants, Cyrus or Anne Eaton, or Eaton Park.

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