Hawthorne Cottage

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Hawthorne Cottage located in Brigus, Newfoundland, Canada is a National Historic Site of Canada for it was the residence of Captain Bob Bartlett. Bartlett, the famed Arctic explorer who also earned the following citation from marine historian Thomas Appleton: "the finest feat of leadership in Canadian Marine history." in his efforts to save the crew of the ill fated Karluk under Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson.

Built in 1830 by Brigus merchant John Leamon. Hawthorne Cottage came into the Bartlett family through Bartlett's mother, Mary Leamon Bartlett, granddaughter of John Leamon. In 1834 the house was moved from its original site in Cochranedale 10 kilometres to its current location in the centre of Brigus. In the house are the Benville Tearooms operated by Bartlett's mother and sisters.

The cottage combines features of Newfoundland vernacular architecture enhanced by intricate architectural details. The architecture of Hawthorne has been recognized by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada as typifying the refined lifestyle of Newfoundland outport merchant families of the 19th and early 20th centuries.