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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 30., The Thatcher Magoun house. (search)
er and general elaboration added to the original house of Captain Ward we cannot say, but we note the fact of the erection at top of Winter hill, just over the line in Somerville, of the Governor Everett house in some recent year demolished, also in the ‘70s the Emmons Hamlin house, near Symmes corner in Winchester, both of the same design. Careful inquiry of elderly Medford men, as to who the master builder was, has none too satisfactory replies, but the most reliable is that it was William B. Thomas. Whoever he was, he did a creditable piece of work, as the lapse of time proves. The place was looking at its best fifty years ago, and then its beautiful grounds, trees, red-gravel walks—boxbordered, with the marble statuary and blooming shrubbery, were very noticeable and much admired. At about 1873, Mr. Magoun erected another building at the lower corner of his land near to High street. It was very elaborate in exterior design, with overhanging roof and a cupola, and its inte
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 30., History of Wellington. (search)
nd the Cradock farm on the west, for £ 200. Mr. Blanchard died on his farm, so lately purchased, May 21, 1654. At this time the farm was a part of Charlestown and remained so until 1726, when it was annexed to Malden. In 655, after the death of Thomas, the farm was divided between his sons George and Nathaniel. George Blanchard, son of Thomas, had two wives and ten children. He lived on the half of the farm he had inherited from his father, and died there March 18, 1700, aged eighty-four. IThomas, had two wives and ten children. He lived on the half of the farm he had inherited from his father, and died there March 18, 1700, aged eighty-four. In the deed of Nathaniel to his brother Samuel, in 1657, he received the house, and it is stated that Samuel was building a house on an acre of ground called The Flax Land, lying lengthwise between the highway and the swamps. This, therefore, must be the old house which every resident of Wellington knows so well. In 1795 it was the only house standing, and was occupied by Captain Wymond Bradbury, a mariner, formerly of Newburyport. The promontory, extending into the marshes now known as Wellin