Saltcoats: An 18th Century Nantucket Cottage

In 2016 Saltcoats, a Nantucket cottage tiny in stature but large in history, celebrates its 270th birthday. James Gardner, a hatter, built the half-house, as it is known in 1746 for his bride Judith Folger. He would be dead of consumption within eighteen months but Judith and her family would continue as stewards of the property for ninety years. Judith would remarry, bear ten children and become a leader in the islands Quaker Meeting. In recognition of her leadership role in eighteenth century Nantucket as well as the publication of this house history, the Nantucket Preservation Trust awarded Saltcoats a commemorative marker.