Homestead Art

The Junkins Garrison House has long captured artist's imagination. For many years the building stood
stoutly atop a hill, overlooking South Berwick Road and the salt marshes of the York River. As the
building aged and deteriorated, it was captured by artists in varying stages of decay. Recent artists
have envisioned it in its original state and have breathed new life into the memory of this house. Now
only an empty and overgrown cellar hole, the garrison has a sister house less than a quarter of a mile
down the road, the McIntyre garrison.

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	In 1875 NE artist Susan Minot Lane painted a fanciful garrison house occupied, with smoke gently wafting from the chimney. This quaint view shows the house without the 'L' addition as it was known to exist as early as 1830. Subsequently, illustrations after her painting were included in school texts written and published by her life partner, Charlotte Alice Baker.
	From the 1897 school textbook True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars by By Charlotte Alice Baker Published by Press of E.A. Hall & Co., 1897
The caption reads: THE JUNKINS GARRISON HOUSE BUILT IN 1675 From a painting by Susan Minot Lane, 1875
	A reprinting 2006 by Kessinger Publishing, 2006 (ISBN 1428618694, 9781428618695) showed this half-tone with the same caption.
The text reads: The alarm of the Philip's war in 1675, extending to the east-ward, the distressed inhabitants built garrison houses against Indian attack. Two, known as the Junkins garrison and the McIntyre garison, were standing on a hiltop in Scotland parish of Old York as late as 1875. of the former not a ves-tige now remains, except a panel that forms a cupboard door in Frary house.
	In 1875 NE artist Susan Minot Lane painted a fanciful garrison house occupied, with smoke gently wafting from the chimney. This quaint view shows the house without the 'L' addition as it was known to exist as early as 1830.
	A photograph published in the textbook The Border Wars of New England: Commonly Called King William's and Queen Anne's Wars by Samuel Adams Drake Published in 1910 Pg. 75
I believe this is actually a photograph of the McIntyre garrison, located just across Rt 91 and down about 200 yards. A close analysis shows enough differences to indicate this, such as the white trimmed windows and the stone wall (there is no indication there was ever a stone wall in front of the Junkins garrison). Additionally, this photograph is extremely clear in comparrison with the HABS photo- graph (below) which shows severe deter- ioration by 1875, while this is in very good contition.
	From an illustrated text book entitled Introductory History of the United States By California State Text-book Committee, California, State Text-book Committee Compiled by California State Text-book Committee Published by W.W. Shannon, 1905 The illustration was clearly made from the photograph above.
	Undoubtedly the most famous artist to be inspired by the garrison was the American landscape painter and printmaker Winslow Homer (1836-1910), who painted this oil of the Junkins garrison in July of 1875. The painting is currently in the reserve storage of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City, and is in need of serious repair. Homer was pre- dominantly known for his watercolor paintings but many of his olis are in the Cooper-Hewitt collection.
	This unatributed photograph is in the Library of Congress' Historic American Buildings Survey collection. It's title is "Junkins Garrison House, South Berwick Road (State Route 91), York, York County, ME" It is a 4x5 in. photograph.
The subject is: Historic American Buildings Survey Print of Old Photo Showing Remains of Junkins Garrison (Built about 1700 near the McIntire Garrison. Traces of the foundation of the Junkins Garrison can still be seen.)
	A small pencil sketch of the Junkins garrison housed at the Museums of Old York (formerly the Old York Historical Society). Date and artists are unknown at this time.
	A pen and marker illustration of the Junkins garrison house, envisioned partially re- constructed, based on the HABS photograph (above). The artists is JFA founder Alan D. Junkins who is a graphic designer and illustrator. The work was created in 19xx, shortly before{after} he acquired the property on which the garrison house stood, and built his own home.
	A stained lath work in the style of North American folk art, also based on the HABS photograph. The artists is Ken Junkins who is a set designer and watercolorist. The work was created in 19xx as a present to his mother and father Betty and Alan Junkins, on the oc- caision of their new house in York, Maine.
	An oil painting of the Junkins garrison The artist and year are unknown. This painting is in the Museums of Old York collection and is often displayed in the Roland Junkins/ York Families heritage Room.