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The Dedham Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing the historic center of Dedham, Massachusetts.Its principal focus is a stretch of High Street between Bridge and Ames Streets; it extends south along Bridge Street to Haven Street, as well as along Ames and Court Streets, and small streets adjacent.
19 Court Street is an historic building in Dedham, Massachusetts that was originally built in 1801 as a two-story, Federal-style single-family home. [1] It was soon thereafter converted into a tavern, and hosted John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and the Marquis de Lafayette.
Dedham (/ ˈ d ɛ d ə m / DED-əm) is a town in, and the county seat of, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.Located on Boston's southwestern border, the population was 25,364 at the 2020 census.
By the 1840s, it was no longer considered necessary and the use was discontinued. [6] By the 250th anniversary of the Town in 1886, it was said that "so thoroughly is Powder House Rock identified with the social life of this community that it has come to be regarded as almost a sacred spot dear to the present dwellers in the village and to the sons and daughters of Dedham scattered throughout ...
The Endicott Estate is a mansion built in the early twentieth century, located at 656 East Street in Dedham, Massachusetts “situated on a 15-acre panorama of lush green lawn that is punctuated by stately elm, spruce and weeping willow trees.” [2] It was built by Henry Bradford Endicott, founder of the Endicott Johnson Corporation, and donated to the Town by his adopted stepdaughter, Katherine.
When Rufus Choate was arguing a case, the older students at Dedham High School would be dismissed from class to listen to his orations. [10] From 1834 to 1847, the Dedham Institution for Savings was housed in the basement. [13] In the mid-1800s, Ezra W. Sampson was the clerk of courts [14] and George Alden was the court crier. [10]
Main gallery. As early as 1853, Henry Orin Hildreth was calling for the creation of a historical society dedicated to the history of Dedham. [3] On February 1, 1859, Hildreth, along with Calvin Guild, Danforth Phipps Wight, Jonathan Holmes Cobb, Francis Marsh, and William Bulliard met in the office of the Dedham Institution for Savings to form an organization dedicated to "preserving and ...
The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts is a historic house built around 1641, [1] [2] making it the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America that has been verified by dendrochronology testing. Puritan settler Jonathan Fairbanks constructed the farm house for his wife Grace (née Smith) and their family. It was occupied and ...