"This early Sanford home, famous for its towering elm, was the home of George H. Nowell for many years. His firm, Nowell and Libby, occupied the block where Shaw's Hardware [was located in 2006.] In its final years the house was sandwiched between the Fogg Block (at right) and the State Theater. It was torn down in 1947 to make way for a new First National Store. The location of the Nowell house was about opposite the vintage house just to the north of the Congregational Church." -- "Backward Glance" by Harland Eastman