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Final Study Report Mashpee Historic District Page 7of15 present museum building was the home of Mabel Avant from 1924 until sold to the Town in 1970. It had earlier been the homestead of Timothy Pocknet, which he purchased in 1863. C Captain John Phinney owned and lived in the house earlier in the 19th century from ca. 1831 to , the 1850s. The He ng Run on Main Street (MHC 908) is adjacent to the Avant House at 414 Main Street C 9), extending north-south from the Mashpee Mill Pond across Main Street. The pond is bordered by thick vegetation on the north, south, and west sides with a vehicular bridge for Main Street on the south. The Herring Run itself is approximately three feet wide. At its northern end a concrete slab spans.the run's opening. Here the run is lined in poured concrete. Several low falls dot the run as it extends under the Main Street bridge and past the Avant House parking lot. The Herring Run was constructed as an artificial water course to allow herring to pass up and down the Mashpee Riser at spawning time. Consideration for herring passage appears in the early town records. In 1788 Nathan Bourne purchased "3 acres.on Herring River from Mashpee Pond for grist.mill. In 1822, Nathan Bourne sold for $500 a grist mill, dam and stream and 1 acre upland, reserving "...a passage for herring to pass and privilege to dig out said river..." to Hercules Weston. Oliver M. Holmes and Levi Morse were.granted a lease-on the Mill Pond in 1865. References to the Herring Run are found in District Meeting Books of the 19th century. In 1843, Hercules Weston of Brunswick, NJ is recorded as granting.the.mill site to the Town for $100 the mill site,remains of a grist mill that stood at the dam, and one acre of upland, as well as reserving the.right of herring passage and the public right of way. In 1873, at a District meeting, it was voted to employ David Lovell or some other suitable person to put in a good fishway at Bourne Mill Dam. Nathan Bourne's homestead built in the 1780s remains on the eastern shore of Mashpee Pond. At Town Meeting 1936,$300 was voted to fix the fishway at Mill Pond. The Annual Report of 1961 stated "engineering work at flume at Mashpee Lake completed — will record with Department Marine Fisheries who will license the Town to operate, construct and control it. Annual Reportl967 mentions the ramp at Mashpee Pond started 1967 — "Herring Run_project started 1966 now complete. In 1981 Town Meeting moved to spend $4000 to reconstruct and repair the flume and retaining walls at the headwaters of Mashpee River at Mashpee Pond. i The AttMuin/Oakley/Hendricks House at 389 Main Street (MHC 36), built circa 1860, is set back on the north side of the road, facing east. It is a one-and-one-half story, 5-by-2-bay, side- gable Vernacular/Cape. The building is clad with vinyl siding and is set on a brick foundation. The primary entrance is centrally located on the facade (east). Fenestration consists of 2/1 double-hung sash windows with fixed vinyl shutters. A full-length, shed-roof dormer has been added to the east roof slope, and a gable-roof dormer has been added to the rear slope. Overhanging eaves expose wide roof boards that have not been covered with vinyl The Attaquin family name has been a prominent one in Mashpee since its early history. Attaquin's ancestors were born there, being counted in the early census records of Christian Indians. Solomon Attaquin, his son Ezra Attaquin, and his grandson Solomon Attaquin were Prominent in Mashpee municipal affairs. In 1839 Solomon Attaquin (younger) built his home opposite the Mashpee Mill Pond on the south side of Main Street. Originally used as a private