John Martin (1823-1904) drew this illustration of the Lunt House at the corner of Cumberland and Center streets in Bangor as it appeared in the early 1850s when his brother-in-law Luther Cary bought it.

Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper, wrote and illustrated a journal in 1864 that recounted his experiences and activities. He included this illustration on page 402.

Martin wrote of the house's history, "This building was ocupied a number of years by Horatio Beale Painter & glazer then by Mr Samuel Lunt thereby Wm S Persons then by J S Stodard then Mrs Cary sold her premises for about nine hundred dollars and purchased this and ocupied it between one & two years when it was sold to Enoch Tebbetts for twelve hundred dollars and he sold it to Arvida Hayford who is its present owner." (1864)

He added a note in 1871, "Sold by J Robinson to an Irishman and moved to McGaws Brick yard April 6th 1871."


The Mrs. Cary to whom he referred was his mother-in-law. She sold the family home and bought this house, but put it in her son Luther's name.