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Samuel Blunston constructed a mansion called Bellmont atop the hill next to North Second Street, near Chestnut Street, at the location of the present-day Rotary Park Playground.

Upon his death, Blunston willed the mansion to Susanna Wright, who had become a close friend.

She lived there, occasionally visiting brother James, ministering to the Native Americans, and raising silkworms for the local silk industry, until her death in 1784 at the age of 87.

The residence was demolished in the late 1920s to allow for construction of the Veterans ’ Memorial Bridge.