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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8.,
High street
about 1820. (search)
houses are owned by the estate of Miss Lucy Ann Brooks, daughter of Jonathan. The mansion crowns the second slope of Ma'am Simonds hill, which in early days was called Bishop's hill, being dignified by a separate name in honor of the Bishop family who were large land owners between Woburn and Allston streets. Directly opposite the old Jonathan Brooks house dwelt Jeduthan Richardson, in a very ancient house which seems destined soon to vanish before the march of modern improvement. Edward L. Staniels, who married Mr. Richardson's daughter, succeeded him. On the easterly corner of Woburn street was the house and farm of James Wyman. Benjamin Noyes, gunsmith, lived there for a few years, and the premises were next leased for ten years to Elijah Smith. The house long since disappeared, but the old cellar can still be seen. Mr. Wyman would never sell the land, and often came to walk over the broad acres, getting pleasure enough from these excursions to pay for the lack of inco