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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28., Medford and her Minute Men, April 19, 1775. (search)
, swinging on his accoutrements, hurried out into the night. Doubtless before sunrise every household knew that the British regulars were moving toward Concord and that the moment of action had come. We may well believe, as the chroniclers relate, that the repeated gun shots, the beating of drums and the ringing of bells echoed through the air a general alarm. Of the fifty-nine Minute Men who trooped up the road to Menotomy where Paul Revere had passed at midnight, nine bore the name of Tufts and five the name of Hall. The names of the entire company are recorded in A True Record of the Travels and Time of Service of the Company of Medford Under the Command of Isaac Hall in the Late Colonel Gardner's Regiment. We leave them, then, for a moment tramping along the road beyond the bridge at the Weirs, alert, determined, grasping their flintlocks in the firm grip of men certain of danger but uncertain at what corner of the road it may face them. The townspeople left behind did
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28.,
Medford Square
in the early days. (search)
the message, but it fell on incredulous ears—and there was nothing doing. About a half hour later Cunningham's omnibus came down on its regular trip, and the driver told people of the fire and inquired where the fire department was. The old Dr. Tufts residence was torn down in 1867, and in 1872 Dr. Weymouth built a substantial wooden building, with Tufts hall on the third floor. This, with the three-story brick Hall house and the modernly called City Hall annex, all gave way eight years agTufts hall on the third floor. This, with the three-story brick Hall house and the modernly called City Hall annex, all gave way eight years ago to the socalled Medford building. This annex is worthy of more than passing notice. It was the home of Thomas Seccomb, built for him about 1750. In later years it was used as a tavern, and David Simpson was the popular landlord in more recent days. There used to be a covered porch in front, with a balcony, where often the Medford band played. After its purchase by General Lawrence, it was used by the city for some of its offices. Next was the reading room and a dwelling long ago remov
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28., Changes along
High street
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ittle change at the time of writing, in 1915. That article incited a long-absent Medford native to furnish some interesting data (Register, Vol. XVI, p. 47), and the queries he made were answered by Mr. Hooper in Vol. XVIII, No. 2. As a matter of history we note now even more recent changes. A dozen or more excellent residences have been erected on Traincroft, the new avenue between Winthrop square and Powderhouse road, but as yet none on the sites of the Watson or Train houses. The J. W. Tufts residence was a year ago transformed into the Church of Christ, Scientist. The large double dwelling next Winthrop street has in its rear the Pitman Academy, while recently a diminutive structure beside the street houses the gas booster, —some apparatus of the Gas Light Co. About ten years ago, and subsequent to the acquiring of the Puffer residence by the Home for the Aged, plans were issued and auction sale advertised of the Puffer estate, intersected by Winthrop and High streets, a