Coe House, ca. 1910.

The Coe house and mill were colonial buildings erected on an island in a small waterway known as Horse Brook. The structures dated to 1652 when English settler Captain John Coe established his grist mill on the island to provide the local community of Newtown with bread. The mill operated until 1875 after which it functioned as a hotel. The island had seemingly ceased being an island by the start of the 20th century, with land filled in and a more regular street grid undertaken around around the Coe plot. In 1930 the buildings were demolished for a new highway, called Horace Harding, after its main planner.