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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 20., An old Landmark. (search)
An old Landmark. In the year 1769 Mr. John Bishop sold to Mr. Noah Floyd one acre of land on the south side of the road (High street), opposite the site of the Unitarian Church, with the proviso that no building should be erected on the same within three rods of the road without permission of the selectmen of Medford or their successors in office. Also a tenement or dwelling-house on the north side of the road occupied by William Tufts. This house stood upon the site of the Unitariane northern side, this being caused by the removal and reversed frontage in its new location. This house has been known in recent years as the Magoun cottage, and was damaged by fire in March, 1915. The shop has long since disappeared, and a portion of the land is now occupied by the street, the use of which for street purposes was probably anticipated by Mr. Bishop when he conveyed to Mr. Floyd, although it was over one hundred years before it became a portion of High street. John H. Hooper.
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 20., Medford Branch Railroad. (search)
9,652.60, and, added to the estimate already given, total $34,735.10, to which ten per cent. ($3,473.50) was added for engineer, contingencies, etc., making $38,208.60. As yet we have not ascertained the actual cost of the branch, as only the accounts of the Boston and Maine can give proof. By this it appears that the recent Interurban project and even the defunct Mystic valley were not the first to consider a way paralleling the Medford turnpike. Mr. Hayward placed his report before Messrs. Bishop, Lawrence and others, the corporators of the railroad (Mr. Usher says a committee of citizens employed him), closing thus The distance to Boston by the northern route is thirty-two hundred feet greater than that by the southern route; and the southern branch will be forty-two hundred feet longer than the northern. They decided for the shorter branch, all within the bounds of Medford, but the longer distance to Boston. It was twenty years before the Wellington district began to inc