A Chatham
A meticulous renovation of an 1823 captain’s home allows
for the family to enjoy views of Ryder’s Cove.
For years, longtime Chatham residents Cathy and Richard
Morris had admired an old captain’s home on Ryder’s
Cove, not far from their own house. “Whenever we
happened by, I’d say ‘Oh, I love that house,’” says Cathy,
who with her husband used to own several local inns as well as
the Rose Cottage furniture store in nearby Harwich.
“We had a home down the street which was really more house
than we needed,“ says Richard. “We put it up for sale, and it sold
rather quickly. So then we wondered what we were going to do.”
Fortunately, Bill Marsh, the president and founder of
Eastward Companies, was nearing completion of a substantial
historic renovation of the circa 1823 home. “I’ve always enjoyed
the challenges of restoring and rehabbing old houses,” says
Marsh, who has completed at least twenty renovations over his
decades of home building.
Marsh’s goal was to take full advantage of the home’s
proximity to the cove. “We wanted to bring the whole building
closer to the water and give as many rooms as possible a view,”
he says. The traditional Cape, once owned by Captain David
Crowell and his family, had been moved from its original
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