The following is a portrait of Frederick G. Brackett (1854-1941). In 1889, he purchased the house at 126 Brookdale Street, built by the Chandler family around 1790, along with the sawmill located off Hall’s Brook just east of the house.
![Portrait of Fred Brackett, undated](https://www.kingstonpubliclibrary.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/peo-98-0067-lhr-681x1024.jpg)
Brackett continued to operate the mill (which burned down in 1924) and started a cranberry business with Samuel Lowe on the east side of Brookdale Street.
![Brackett's Pond, mill yard, and sawmill, c. 1920](https://www.kingstonpubliclibrary.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/hou-02-0011-ed-1024x623.jpg)
And he had an enormous mustache.
Sources: Images from the Local History Room Image Collection IC7 and the Emily Fuller Drew Collection MC16.