The Demolition of the Nimrod in Falmouth (Mass)-- Part 1

From the March 20, 2020 Falmouth (Mass) Enterprise Letter to the editor from J. Malcolm Donald.

The Nimrod Restaurant is long gone.  That restaurant was just one of the tenants who called the Nimrod Building at Old Main Road in North Falmouth home.

The restaurant may be gone, but that building has is a big piece of the town's history and that goes back to the War of 1812.    The British brig-sloop ship HMS Nimrod shelled the town, but was driven off by militia, but not without significant damage to Falmouth.

One of the Nimrod's cannonballs penetrated the Issac Bourne House, which was located on Main Street at the corner of Gifford.   Later, the Bourne House was moved to Dillingham Avenue and joined with a second house to make the left wing of the Nimrod Building.

And, A Bit of History Inside.  --Brock-Perry