Years ago, in the latter part of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries, some houses were given names in Edgartown. Blow Out Villa on Upper Main Street is one you might have missed.

The estate sale at Patricia Neal’s house at 80 South Water street in Edgartown had people lined up down the street last weekend, and it seems a good time to recount its strange and interesting story.

The John Luce house on Pine street in Vineyard Haven is a rare post-bellum gem occupied by the same family for some 150 years. Soon it will have new owners.

An old house on South Water street in Edgartown changes hands. The previous owners had deep Vineyard roots and a sense of social justice ahead of its years. But the whale is not there anymore.

What would Jennie Athearn think of the recent real estate listing at Big Homer's Pond? Born in 1850, Jennie was one of the last of the Tisbury Pond people in this place that was a 19th century family compound for the Athearns.

I have a fondness for yellow houses. They are not very common in Edgartown right now. Years ago they were more prevalent. If you can imagine it, the Doctor Daniel Fisher house was once painted yellow! Hard to believe its wedding cake splendor was covered in yellow icing.