Why the Name Strouts Point Wharf Company?

Christopher Strout was the original land holder of the fifty acres next to the sheltered deep water harbor at the mouth of the Harraseeket River. People began buying land from him and settling there in the late 1700s. The area became known first as Strouts Point Village; then, in the late 1800s, as South Freeport Village.

From 1831 to 1844, a group of property owners and residents ran the Strouts Point Wharf Company "for the purpose of building such wharfs and stores as may be found necessary in the Town of Freeport." Their land holdings included the area around what is now the town dock.

During the same period, next door to the west, Enos, Henchman and Clement Soule operated the Soule Brothers Shipyard. Between 1839 and 1879, their company constructed thirty wooden sailing vessels: barks, brigs and ships. Some were sold, but most were managed by Soule Brothers in a trading network that reached around the world. The Soules bought the Strouts Point Wharf Company.

Today, on the combined site, Soule family descendents are operating a new business. They have named it Strouts Point Wharf Company in honor of its location and proud maritime heritage.