Ocean Grove. 113 Mt. Hermon Way. Click to enlarge. Built 1880. HSOG Beersheba Award winner. Paul Goldfinger photo. Our house. Visit us and other Victorian jewels at the June 27, 2026 Town-Wide Yard Sale.
Gull wing roof. This Victorian home was much smaller when it was built. It once had up and down wrap-around porches. Over the years it was turned into a mishmash with a masonry lower porch floor, stairs, and wrought-iron railings.
Brought back (literally to 1880) in two stages: 2002 and 2005. The frame of the original front door was found where the middle downstairs window is now. A hidden staircase was found in the kitchen. Visit our backyard garden by Eileen.
BILL FRISELL and PETRA HADEN
The first thing we did at our 113 Mt. Hermon home was to convert it back from a duplex to its historic single family designation. The first project was interior; the second was exterior.
Historian Ted Bell came to our home to help us achieve a truly historic look. He represented the HSOG. We began to collect OG ephemera and historic sources.
How many of the new generation of home buyers have the same sort of commitment?
Did you know that the CMA, strangely enough, has no historian. They depend on the HSOG.
Recently we heard from historians at St. Paul’s Church who designed a walking tour of the Grove. Our house is now called the “Beagle House” since Rev. Beagle once lived there. But maybe it should be called “The bagel house.”
–Paul @Blogfinger.
Awesome restoration of this house. I have really enjoyed driving down Main on my way into town and seeing this beautiful home. 🏆