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35. Town House. Raised on common, 1738, framed by Henry Sanders, all hand hewn oak timbers. Cut, p. 80, shows the framing of the roof. Rev. Abner Bayley preached here 50 yrs. Moved 1838 to present position. Several times condemned, but still as staunch as of yore. Cut, p. 153.
36. Salem Common. Meetinghouse, M 35, stood here for 100 yrs. No other building ever stood on this lot.
37. Old Graveyard. Laid out Jan. 25, 1736; committee were Joseph Peaslee, John Bayley and Abiel Kelly. Fenced, 1752. Hearse house built 1824. Spruce tree just north of hearse house set out by James Ayer, April 1, 1857, over grave of his wife's mother. He also straightened the headstones, 1894-95. Cuts, pp. 88 and 148.
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37 1-2. Hose House No. 2. Built, 1906. The basement is fitted with cells for a lockup. Built on the cellar of the old Fosdick house, called the "graveyard house," because of its proximity. Fosdick lived here 100 yrs. ago, perhaps built. He was a blacksmith, also had a store and sold "spirits" in 1806. Then Dr. Dodge occupied; several changes in tenants, owned by Carlton Ewins. Moody Foster once lived here and sold shoes in basement. At the time it burned, perhaps 15 or 20 yrs. ago, was owned by Mrs. Tilton. Cut, p. 192.
38. D. C. Woodbury. Built by Sam'l Batchelder from two small shoeshops, one of which he brought from M 39. He had a shoeshop here in 1854.
39. William Perry. Built by Amos Webster about 1850. Later known as the Joseph Webster place. The hat shop of Jedediah Carlton stood beside the river in this yard 100 yrs. ago.
40. Shop; now used for cobbling by Chas. T. Maxwell. Orig- inally built by Silas Betton for his law office. Then Gilman Corning did shoe business; later Greenleaf C. Bartlett had his law office here.
41. Mrs. David Bailey. This is the John C. Ewins home- stead, built by him out of the material of old house torn down in "Ewins Woods," M 409, perhaps 60 yrs. ago. Has been in family ever since; Ewins owned land on this corner as far as the Congregational church.
42. Site of "Granny Ladd's" store. Small cottage house stood here on the corner, where old Mrs. Ladd had a small store and sold liquor a century ago. Said that she "sold her thumb" a good many times-used to put thumb down inside measure when holding it to measure out liquids, as molasses or liquors, so as to help fill it. John C. Ewins had store here about 1830. Mrs. Ira Wheeler lived here later, died 1853. Miss Elizabeth Clement and Mrs. B. M. Chase occupied when burned on night of February 28, 1858. Earl C. Gordon, who lived at M 13 had large barn at M 68; he had opposed liquor-sellers; and incendiary was hired to burn his barn "at the corner." Ewins' barn
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stood in rear of this cottage, also long sheds ; firebug mis- took the corner indicated and burned Ewins' barn instead of Gordon's. Two horses and some other animals were burned to death; cries of horses were heartrending, but sliding doors were so secured that they could not be opened. Another barn was then moved here from across street, later torn down, and lot graded level.
43. Emma Coburn; Benj. R. Wheeler boards here. Built 1835 by John R. Wheeler ; sold to Rawson Coburn, 1864.
44. Shop of B. R. Wheeler, now used by him as a bicycle salesroom and repair shop.
45. Charles Herbert Smith. Built for dwelling by John W. Austin, perhaps 1850; certainly he owned it in 1866, and then remodelled it.
46. First Methodist Episcopal Church. Built in 1836, en- larged and remodelled 1872. Cut, p. 140.
47 Walker Haigh. Built 1855 for shoeshop of Joseph Webster; carpenter was Wm. B. Ayer. Mr. Haigh bought and converted into house.
48. Site of the Pound. Built here in the early days of the town. Torn down 1836, new one at M 428 built to re- place it. John Marston's blacksmith shop then located here; moved south, is now residence of Chas. Foster, M 49.
49. Chas. C. Foster. Was formerly Marston's blacksmith shop, stood at M 48. Moved here about 1845; rollers were used, with 40 yoke of oxen to draw it; men did not understand that the rollers must be placed carefully, and they interfered, causing great difficulty.
50. Daniel A. Abbott. Built by John Hall during the war. 51. Silas Ballou; Francis Flagg. The old John Marston house; he built it and lived here. The land from here to the Spicket was known as Marston Field, where mus- ter was held, 1820. He sold to Gilman D. Kelley, 1860. Later John Langley owned, then by Mary (Langley) Smith, now by her son, Charles Henry Smith.
52. Charles Henry Smith. Built by either John Clendenin or Joseph Gorrell partly out of an old shoeshop on M 3.
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Gorrell died here after he left the Tavern. Hiram Mer- rill, also Edward Cook once lived here. Later known as the Paul Foster place.
53. Congregational Church. Built 1840; repaired and re- modelled 1876; bell hung 1851. Cut, p. 133.
54. William Scott. Built by Joseph Buxton since the war; now owned by heirs of Dean Emerson.
55. Charles H. Ayer. Built by his uncle, Jesse Ayer, about 1870 ( ?).
56. Mrs. John White. Built by Herbert Haigh.
57. Lewis F. Woodbury. He built, 1900 ( ?).
58. Mrs. Ida Smith. Built by Ben Huston.
59. Eliza Smith. Built by her.
60. Rev. William Ganley. Built by Cong. Society for par- sonage, 1845, on land given by Mr. Gage. First built low studded, "easy to heat;" afterwards raised ; enlarged and altered several times.
61. Thornton M. Russ. Built by Benj. R. Wheeler, about forty years ago.
62. Mrs. Susan Freeman; Mrs. Lizzie Langley. Built by John R. Wheeler, 1865.
63. Edward L. Gordon. Built by his father, Geo. C. Gordon. 64. John Frank Hall. Was shoeshop of Amos Webster and stood at M 406; moved by Gilman E. Sleeper ( ?) and made into a dwelling.
65. Robert B. Oakes; Harry Haigh. Built by John Hall (father of J. F.) for a blacksmith shop. After his death Frank made it into a dwelling. Wm. Taylor owned; John Austin bought it at auction of his estate, and sold to Mrs. J. H. Lancaster, who now owns.
66. Blacksmith Shop. Built by J. F. Hall, 1877. W. W. Cole bought it at auction of Wm. Taylor estate. Occu- pied by E. O. Douglas, blacksmith.
67. G. E. Whitford. Built out of a long shed in rear of John Dix house, M 7, by Earl C. Gordon for blacksmith shop. D. N. Russ bought and made into shoeshop; then it was converted into a dwelling. In 1857 the upstairs was used by Davis & Mudgett from Derry as a paint shop.
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68. Masonic Building. Erected 1872-73. The foundation was laid during summer of '72, after Earl Gordon's barn had been moved away, June 13; frame raised June 13, '73; first meeting in hall October 9, '73; dedicated No- vember 12, '73, in presence of Masons and their families ; banquet and social dance. Post office moved in Novem- ber 20, by Earl Gordon, P. M. A. N. Russ had grocery store. C. I. Bowker later kept store and P. O. Cut, p. 372.
69. Site of shoeshop. T. M. Russ began work here, 1877; later was Gordon Bros'. heelshop, when burned.
70. Shoeshop of T. M. Russ. Wooden shop first here built by Jesse Ayer, occupied by J. R. and B. R. Wheeler when burned, October, 1876. Then they built brick shop, 1877, and traded it to T. M. Russ for his shop, M 69. Brick factory burned and Russ rebuilt, 1886, present shop. Cut, p. 304.
71. Lorenzo F. Hyde. Built by Chas. Tibbetts after shoe- shop fire, which burned former house here, originally a small shoeshop of Austin.
72. James E. Sloan. Built by David Sloan, 1861. Part of it is old schoolhouse from M 34.
73. John Austin. Built before Civil War by Andrew J. Silver. Larrabee bought, repaired, and built the barn.
74. Site of Daniel N. Russ' Shoeshop. Burned October 21, 1871. It was 80x30 feet, built 1866 in southwest corner of present rectangular field by road. This hill called "Gordon's Hill."'
75. Peter Bolduc. Built by Lorenzo Chase about 1890 ( ?). William H. Ayer. Built by his father, Wm. B. Ayer.
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77. Gayton O. Reynolds, P. M. Built by Ed. Smith Wood- bury, 1866.
78. Charles E. Merrill. Built by Jerome Kelley, in 1866. His daughter married Elliot of Haverhill, who sold to present owner.
79. Sheds and barns of K. M. Mclaughlin.
80. Kimball M. Mclaughlin. Built by Walter Pettingill about forty years ago.
81. Clement Mclaughlin. Probably built during the Revo-
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lution by Rev. Samuel Fletcher, who came to Salem at that time. First Baptist meetings held here. Existing letter dated 1794 says he "has been preaching here for several years past." Samuel's son, Joel, swapped places with Amos Gordon (brother to Joshua), who sold to Sam- uel Kelly. His heirs sold to Mrs. J. H. Lancaster, who now owns the place. Cut, p. 129.
82. Angus McAskell. Built from structure which stood near M 67, formerly brought from North Salem, M 578. Owned by K. M. Mclaughlin.
83. L. E. Haskell. Built by him about 1900.
84. Leslie W. Colburn. Built by Thos. B. Middleton. I. B. Lamson later owned; his heirs sold to Langmaid, he to present owner.
85. Charles E. Knight. Built by Moses Kelley. There was an old house here, the home of Enoch Merrill, 80 yrs. ago. He was often seen standing or sitting on the door- step, razor in hand, shaving himself without a glass- needed no safety razor, either. The old house was torn down about the middle of the last century.
86. Daniel Howe. Built by him, 1906.
87. Ben Haigh. The old Wilson place. Daniel Wilson was an old man when he lived here 80 yrs. ago. He sold to James Middleton. The old house has been repaired, but is still the same structure.
88. William M. Smith. Built by him about 1904.
89. Elmer F. Smith. Built by him about 1904.
90. Charles E. Lewis. Built by him in 1906.
91. William Dunbar. Built by him about 1905.
92. Robert Dunbar. Built by him about 1905.
93. Car Barn of Haverhill & Southern New Hampshire Elec- tric Railway. Built 1902. It is the headquarters of this division of the road. Equipped with rotary transform- ers ; power received from Portsmouth. Cut, p. 333.
94. Site of the Bailey farm. The house stood on the knoll just west of the car barn; it disappeared before the time of any present resident of Salem. Did Nathan Bailey live here before he was at M 188?
95. Frank Besse. Built about 5 yrs. ago. Now known as
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"Meadow Bright," ,"' formerly "Salem Inn." The old house of Joseph Haines was burned on this site 20 years ago.
96 Edward Smith. Built by him about 5 yrs. ago, on site of Joseph Haines' barn. Haines owned this property over 75 years ago.
97. Ben. Simpson. Built by him about 4 yrs. ago.
98. Harlan P. Robbins. Built by him about 4 yrs. ago.
99. Bertron A. Drummond. He built, 1906.
100. Mrs. Clara Jones. She built about 1901.
101. Phinnie Knapp. Moved here from M 142; was shoeshop of Isaiah Woodbury.
102. Charles H. Cronin. Built by Moody Welch about 1872. He sold to Cronin.
103. James McKinnon. Built by Moody Welch about 1870. He sold to present owner, then built M 102.
1031/2. Charles H. Borchers. Built 1907.
104. Baptist Church. Built 1869. Vestry and other im- provements, 1875. New steeple built 1906. Cut, p. 129.
105. Mrs. Silas Hall. Built by her about 1904.
106. Store and barbershop, of George H. Webster. Mrs. White lives upstairs. The old "Mud Shop" stood here, so called because of low land. E. E. Foster had shoeshop . in it when burned in 1881, appraised at $2,950. Present building erected by Webster soon after the fire.
107. Philip Bergeron. Built by him about 1901.
108. Mrs. Rose Wheelock. She built, perhaps, 20 yrs. ago.
109. Allen McKeen. Built by him, 1904.
110. Joseph Desmarais. Built by Thos. B. Middleton in 1867. He moved the old Luke Hovey house, which stood here, to M 158.
111. Store of Desmarais. He built for plumbing shop three years ago.
112. Mrs. Lottie Gilman. She built, 1907.
113. George Pattee. Built by him, 1907.
114. Henry Blair. Built by Clarence Whippie about 4 yrs. ago.
1141/2. Clarence Whippie. Now being built.
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115. Mary Berry. Built near M 110 for innersole and stif- fening shop. In 1862 Henry Chase made it into a house ; Middleton bought it before he built his new house, M 110, and moved it to the present site in the fall of 1866.
116. Joseph Bailey. Formerly owned by Mrs. Mosher. Built perhaps 30 yrs. ago.
117. Mrs. Lottie Gilman. Owned by Mrs. Woodbury and Miss Kimball. Built about 1885.
118. Mrs. Stevens; Mrs. Pike. Owners same as M 117. Very old house.
119. Formerly the Silas Hall place; now owned by W. W. Cole. One of two oldest frames in this village (other is G. W. Thom's). Mark Webster had postoffice here, 1831-32, in west basement. Kept the mail in ordinary table drawer, all thrown in together. This was "Salem," the only P. O. in town up to 1831, when North Salem P. O. was instituted. The stage came up the Turnpike once a week with the mail. Cut, p. 192.
120. Martin Casson. Built on Turnpike by Jas. Fletcher, for heelshop. Now owned by W. W. Cole.
121. Hose House No. 1. Built 1905. Cut, p. 204.
122. E. B. Bassett's Grocery Store. Built 1902 by J. H. Hel- berg, after his store was burned in the big fire the winter before. Originally the blacksmith shop, now M 161, stood here, and was store of Fred Bailey. That was then moved and J. C. Carey built the store burned, as above noted. Grain Mill of C. F. Kimball & Son. Built by them, 1905. Has storage capacity of 150 tons, grain elevator, 15,000 bushels. They formerly carried on the business at their farm, M 328.
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124. John Hunt. Built by him about 1904.
125. Howard L. Gordon. He built, 1903.
126. William H. Smith. Built by H. L. Gordon, 1902.
127. Frank P. Woodbury. Built by Moody Foster about 1857. After his death present owner bought.
128. George Coleman; E. A. Evans. Built by McAvoy, who still owns.
129. A. P. Perry. Formerly blacksmith shop, and stood just
THE COMMON, SALEM CENTER. (M 36)
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north of M 154. Later P. C. Hall made it into shoeshop; then Elliot Goodwin moved to present site and made into dwelling.
130. Henry A. Meehan; John Stevens. Built by Elliot Good- win ( ?), who lived here for a long while before the Civil War.
131. George M. Beal. Built by Fred Foster, 1890 ( ?).
132. Emery E. Blaisdell. Built by Moody Foster. Chas. Pet- tingill lived here 1859.
133. Mrs. Sarah Gage. Built by Moody Foster about 1861.
134. James Fletcher. Built by him, 1857.
135. John Richardson. Built by Robert M. Dickey, 1859.
136. Misses Emerson. Built about 1866.
137. George Richardson. Old house; Gil. Merrill lived here 50 yrs. ago.
138. Mrs. Hartwell. Built by Willard Merrill, 1867. His heirs sold to Rouel Wheeler.
139. Frank Plumb. Built by him 10 yrs. ago.
140. William Morrill; Henry Chase. The latter built it in 1866.
141. Lee Hussell. Built by Wm. Bodwell forty years ago. He sold to Henry Kimball; now owned by Mrs. Kimball.
142. Site of house burned about 1897. It was the Jephtha Ames place, 1830. Later E. Gage lived here; then Mc- Nish. Frank Plumb owned it when burned.
143. Charles Norris. Built by Wallace Hall, 1860.
144. Woodbury's Shoeshop. Put together since the Civil War from three different buildings. Center part was barn here, rectangular north section was shop of P. C. Hall, about opposite freight depot. Cut, p. 308.
145. Site of house formerly used as shoeshop by Isaiah Wood- bury. Moved, is now M 101.
146. Site of house built by Isaac Thom. Moved, is now M 189.
147. Oxalic Acid Building. Last used for acid factory. Built by Evans Artificial Leather Co., 25 yrs. ago. Formerly Isaac Thom's lumber storehouse stood here. Evans Co. had large factory just south of this site, burned March 5, 1883; had been here about 2 yrs. Present building
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was used for a thread factory for about a year before the acid business came.
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149. Frank Chase. Built by Nathan Connor, 1860. Sold to B. & M., who now own.
150 Union Block. One of the oldest buildings in this vil- lage; was saw- and grist-mill, supplied with water by the brook from the meadows above. Isaac Thom remembered drawing logs into the sawmill April 30, with snow three feet deep. Was idle for a long time after water supply failed. Then five men formed sort of company and con- verted into dwelling; Joel Carey, Silas Hall, Ed. Griffin, Isaac Thom, and Geo. Woodbury. Four tenements were finished upstairs, while the lower floor was used for shoe- shop. The north end downstairs was made into a meet- ing hall. Here the Baptists first held their meetings. Later the Methodists started also. School was kept dur- ing the week, using the same seats.
151. Site of a dwelling built by Moody Foster about 1868; he rented it. Was owned by Mrs. Plumb when burned, 1901.
152. Site of dwelling built by P. C. Hall about 1865. He lived here for a time. Mrs. Orlando Woodbury occupied when burned, 1901.
153. Site of shoeshop built here by Moody Foster about 1860. P. C. Hall had shop in it before it was moved to M 168. A large new shop was erected 1880. It was idle, owned by F. P. Woodbury when burned, 1901.
154. George Roberts. Built for residence of blacksmith. The shop stood just north, and was made into a shoeshop by P. C. Hall, later moved by Elliot Goodwin to M 129.
155. Boston & Maine Depot. Built by M. G. Copp, about 1867. The original depot was an old house formerly occupied by Elliot Goodwin 60 yrs. ago when the R. R. was put in. It stood just north of the present laundry, M 156; a new depot was built where the present one now stands, and Dan'l Butler lived in the old house. The new depot was moved to Windham, where it is now the freight
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depot, and the present depot built here. The first old house was burned three years later, June 20, 1870; was occupied by Calvin Boardman. Cut, p. 344.
156. Laundry of Chin Cow. Moody Foster built for stable about 1860; soon after made into dwelling.
157. Pilgrim Block. Built by Moody Foster about war time, M. G. Copp being the contractor. The west wing was added later. Now occupied on ground floor by Fred Newton's dry goods store and John Hanlon's barber shop. Pilgrim Hall is on the second floor.
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158. Charles Morrison; George Pattee. Built by T. B. Mid- dleton in 1881, on site of old Luke Hovey house, which had been moved here from M 110, and burned April 4, 1875. Now owned by McAvoy.
159. J. McCarthy. Built by Geo. Roberts for a stable over 40 yrs. ago. Wm. L. Bradford bought and made into a house.
160. Joseph F. Fournier. Built by Corson 40 yrs. ago.
161. Blacksmith shop of J. F. Fournier. Moved here; was a store at M 122.
162. Lewis Marshall. Built by Geo. H. Webster about 1885.
163. Simeon Barnett. Built by Asa Livingston about 1890.
164. Carpenter Shop, now disused. Built by Asa Livingston of barn brought from North Salem, M 591.
165. Power Plant. Built by F. P. Woodbury & Son 10 yrs. ago, and turned over to Salem Light & Power Co., Sept. 1, 1906.
166. Heath's Stable. P. C. Hall built a shoeshop here out of lumber from the barracks torn down at Concord, after the militia was disbanded. He sold to Evans Artificial Leather Co., March 22, 1877. It burned January 12, 1880.
167. Drug Store of Dr. Soule. Built by Buxton about 1895, for storehouse; afterwards made into drug store.
168. Hotel Rockingham. Built by M. G. Copp for J. A. Troy, dedicated July, 1880. The building formerly here was brought from M 153, and burned with Evans Co. plant, January 12, 1880. It contained store of J. G.
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Meade, P. O., telegraph office, and upstairs tenement, oc- cupied by Slater, engineer for Evans Co .; it was owned by Troy; totally destroyed. The present building was raised and remodelled in 1906, the front ground floor remaining unchanged. It is occupied by F. C. Buxton's store, with P. O., H. L. Gordon's insurance office, W. D. Pulver, law office, and Wilson Bros.' grocery store. The hotel occupies the rear ground floor and the entire upper part of the building. Cut, p. 96.
169. David S. Emery. Built for Nathaniel Whittier about 1872.
170. James Hadley. Built about 1895 by R. A. Tilton.
171. Site of one of first houses ever built in this village. The house was torn down; barn blown down in heavy wind about 1830. Joseph Webster lived here, probably also his father.
172. Dr. Edric A. Wade. Built by his father about 1890. 173. Henry Sanborn. The old house here, Runnells place, was torn down. Present house built by Welch; next owned by James McKinnon. Now owned by N. H. Breeders' Club.
174. Mrs. Gilman D. Kelley. Built by Wm. Bradford, 1880. Foye bought of Mary Bradford, sold to Wheelock, he to Mrs. Kelley.
175. John Woodbury. Built by Isaac C. Noyes, 1876.
176. Site of Jonathan Merrill place; he was called "Captain Jock," militia officer. His son, William, father of Mrs. Warren Mckay of Methuen, also lived here. This was the first house on the street, and originally was settled by a Hall, who owned a large tract of land south of here. The building was torn down. Merrill had a hat shop just south of the house. He moved to the Center and kept tavern about 80 yrs. ago.
177. Mrs. Rolfe. Built by M. G. Copp about 1865. Thos. B. Middleton afterwards lived here, and sold to present owner.
178. W. A. and C. E. Buzzell. Built by B. H. Woodbury, perhaps 1855. He sold to Thos. Emerson. Geo. Austin also owned at one time.
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179. Charles D. Lewis. Built by James Smith. He was in company with M. G. Copp, whom he bought out. Burned about 1897, occupied at the time by John Bailey and Ed. Glenn. It was rebuilt. Now owned by heirs of John Woodbury.
180. Methodist Episcopal Church. Built by Copp & Smith, 1862. Cost slightly over $3,000, as material was then very cheap. The frame was raised on a very windy day in fall of 1861. Cut, p. 144.
181. Rev. C. R. Bair ; M. E. Parsonage. Built by Isaac Emer- son of Melrose. He sold to Capt. Henry C. Piercy, who died, after which the property was given to the society. 182. Isaiah Woodbury. He built about 35 yrs. ago.
183. Mrs. Prescott C. Hall. He built in 1863. Cut, p. 233.
184. Isaac Woodbury. Built by Moses Austin about 1840. Austin's daughter married P. C. Kelly (son of Samuel), who sold to Geo. Woodbury. He kept hotel here. Cut, p. 77.
185. Mrs. Jones. Built by Chas. Kimball, 1880. Now owned by his daughter, Miss Nellie E. Kimball.
186. Walter Woodbury. Built by Chas. Kimball, 1880.
187. Fred C. Buxton; Rufus A. Tilton. Built by B. H. Woodbury, 1845. He sold to Edward Griffin, he to Isaac C. Noyes, he to Evans Co., from whom Tilton obtained the place.
188. George W. Thom. Probably oldest house now standing in this village. Nathan Bailey lived here up to 75 yrs. ago. He was a brazier and had a shop near the road. The house was then of the old style, long low-back roof, like the Lowell house shown on p. 321. After Bailey, Oliver and Alvah Hall lived here. In 1854 Isaac Thom bought and remodelled it, leaving the frame intact. Two years ago the building was partly gutted by fire, then rebuilt as seen today. Cut, p. 353.
189. Mrs. R. A. Buxton. Built about 1880 by Isaac Thom on cellar now at M 146. Moved to present location and made into dwelling.
190. Lester Hall. Built by his mother, Louisa Hall, in 1854.
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191. Site of Alvah Hall place. He built, 1854. Later Wm. Bradford lived here. Chas. Morrison occupied when burned, 1896 ( ?). Cut, p. 337.
192. Henry Colburn. Built by Corson about 1870.
193. Fred French. He built about 1892. Chas. Hutchins was the contractor.
194. C. H. Pillsbury. Previously Chas. Day lived here after he sold M 415 to F. F. Wheeler.
195. Walter Hadley. Built by Richardson, about 1875.
196. Frank Ryerson. Built by Wm. Bradford about 1875.
197. Loren E. Bailey. He built, 1883.
198. Miss Lillian Kelly. Her father bought it of Alden Pres- cott, who built it about 1880.
199. Arthur Matthews; A. E. Irish. A house built here by Connor had burned, when Mrs. Allen rebuilt about 1900. Before Connor built there was a cellar here of the Wm. Merrill place very long ago.
200. Mrs. Chase; Fred Maxwell. Built by Mrs. Isaac Chase, perhaps 1865.
201. Charles Rowell. Built by P. C. Hall about 1865. Later Moses Rowell lived here.
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