Gone

Cellar hole in the former town of Dana, Mass.

“Back out of all this now too much for us,
Back in a time made simple by the loss
Of detail, burned, dissolved, and broken off
Like graveyard marble sculpture in the weather,
There is a house that is no more a house….’’

— From “Directive,’’ by Robert Frost (1874-1963). To read the whole poem, please hit this link.

Edited from a Wikipedia entry:

Site of what had been the town common of Dana. Formed from parts of Petersham, Greenwich and Hardwick, it was incorporated in 1801. The town was disincorporated on April 28, 1938, as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir, the water supply of much of Massachusetts. Upon disincorporation, all of the town went to Petersham. The majority of the land of the former town is still above water.

— Photo by John Phelan