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202. Patrick Mahoney. Built about 1870. W. W. Haselton lived here, then Burnham.
203. Frank Thorpe. Built by P. C. Hall, out of barracks lumber.
204. Sadie Gage. P. C. Hall built out of barracks.
205. Frank Hadley. Calvin Boardman once lived here. Built from barracks by P. C. Hall.
206. Oscar Hall. Built by P. C. Hall, 1866.
207. Luther M. Tuttle. Built by Prescott Hall or his brother just north of M 143 for shoeshop. Then Prescott moved it here about 1880.
208. Henry Manning. Built by Chas. F. Kimball, 1907.
209. Charles Frank Kimball. Built by Fiske, from Boston, on land bought of Perham, who lived in W. W. Cole's house. John Taylor, Jr., bought of Fiske ; his son, Leon- ard succeeded him, and sold to Kimball.
210. No. 6 Schoolhouse. First building on this site, erected
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1873, burned 1894. Present one built 1895. Cost $4,415.08. Cut, p. 221.
211. Mrs. Graves. Built by her about 1900.
212. Wallace W. Cole. The old Capt. Joseph Cook place. Present house built by Perham, who' tore down the old Cook house. Perham sold to Poole, he to P. C. Hall, he to Abram Wheeler, of whom Cole bought. Cut, p. 105.
213. Charles Quimby. Built by W. W. Cole, 1905.
214. Aaron O. Alexander. Built by W. W. Cole, 1905.
215. Mrs. Leonard Taylor. Built by Chas. Hill, 1897.
216. Dennis P. Sullivan. Built by John Keefe, 1897.
217. Benjamin Simpson. Built by John Hunt, 1898.
218. Daniel Lanigan. Built by Ben Kimball, 1897.
219. Mrs. Robert McDonald. Built by Edward Wells, 1895.
220. Percy Call. He built about 1899.
221. Mrs. Charlotte Hadley. She built, 1892.
222. Willis Hall. Built by him, 1901.
2221/2. Charles Borchers. He built, 1905.
223. Rev. John F. Blacklock. Baptist Parsonage. Built by the society, 1897.
224. Mrs. Elizabeth Kilburn. She built, 1897.
225. Edward Merrill. Built by Chas. Merrill about 38 yrs. ago. Owned by Chas. S. Woodbury.
226. Site of original schoolhouse of this district. Built prob- ably 1801 ; sold to John Merrill about 1825, when he built the Stone House; he afterwards sold it to Mrs. Runnells, and it was moved to her place, M 173. Mary Campbell taught here, David Nevins being one of her pupils. Geo. Woodbury went to this building 3 or 4 terms.
227. Old Stone Schoolhouse. Built about 1825 by John Mer- rill of Policy St. He received $300 and the old building across the street. It was sold to Wm. L. Bradford for about $35. Now owned by Wm. D. Bradford. Cut, p. 208.
228. John Taylor. Built by D. D. Fisk, about 1883.
229. Alberton W. Clark. Built by his father, Wm. Clark, perhaps 60 yrs. ago.
230. Davis Bradford. Built by W. L. Bradford more than 35 yrs. ago.
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231. James Cameron. John Merrill built, 40 yrs. ago. Re- modelled by Chas. Hall soon after. Owned by Jas. Cum- ming.
232. James Cumming. He built about 4 yrs. ago.
233. Point A. Transfer Station of Electric Road. Cut, p. 339.
234. Small store near transfer station.
235. Charles Burns. Built by him, 1907, near the site of the old gristmill. Phineas Rollins ground here in 1834. He sold to Mark Webster, who was a powerful, active man, a carpenter, at one time postmaster. He sold to Methuen Co., as they wanted the water right. Ed. Grif- fin later ran the mill; then Mansfield, who sold to Baxter Hall. The latter owned when it burned in 1875.
236. James A. Mclachlan. There was an old house here and a mill by the pond. An Englishman named Burpee had stocking mill 75 yrs. ago. Friction matches later made here. Mill then used for machine shop. This burned, and Titcomb erected a new one which Griffin and John Hall used for carriage factory later, then shingle mill. This burned, and the old house with it, in 1842, and was never rebuilt. The present house was erected soon after- wards. Ben Cole lived here, and perhaps ( ?) built the house. Known later as the John Taylor place. It is now a hotel, the "Fairmount House."
237. Frank Rowell. He built it 4 yrs. ago.
238. Point C. Transfer Station of Electric Road.
239. Ephraim A. Peabody. The old Andrew Merrill place, probably a century old.
240. Francis E. Higgins. Built by Costello Kenney 30 yrs. ago.
241. Edward E. Noyes. Built by Benning C. Noyes, 1879.
242. Joseph Bradford. He built, over 20 yrs. ago.
243. Lucy J. Ayer. Built by L. E. Bailey, who lived here short time; sold to Jas. Ayer, 1881. Cut, p. 438.
244. Charles Borchers Lumber Mill. Formerly property of A. E. Goodwin, who built about 1883.
245. Mrs. Alfred E. Goodwin. Mr. Goodwin built, 1883. Cut, p. 345.
246. Charles A. Stevens. Built by Thomas B. Middleton about 1885.
RESIDENCE OF ISAAC P. EMERSON. (M 283)
OLD HUTCHINS HOUSE. (M 372)
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247. The old Campbell place; Mary was born here. Later it was the Stanton homestead. Now owned by Arthur C. Hall.
248. Arthur C. Hall. Built by him, 1898. Cut, p. 8.
249. Frank D. Davis. Built by Loren E. Bayley, 1881; sold to Davis in 1882. Formerly a barn of the Leavitt family stood near this site.
250. Edward Couilliard. Built by Geo. Dowry about 50 yrs. ago, after the old house burned.
251. Site of George P. Cross place, torn down, 1897.
252. George M. Cross. Built by Geo. P. about 1890.
253. Charles O. Cross. An old house; formerly the Robert Emerson place.
254. Everett Brown. Built by his grandfather, James L. Brown, over 50 yrs. ago.
255. William Gale. The old Isaiah Woodbury place.
256. Ephraim O. Richardson place. Deborah Rollins lived here; very old house.
257. West Graveyard; burials here in the early days of the town.
258. Site of the Daniel P. Merrill place; before that it was the Amos Hall homestead. Charles Merrill, son of Daniel, sold to Obadiah Duston, and he to Vickery, the last occu- pant. The house burned last year, 1906.
259. John Heaps. Formerly the Eliphalet Gage house.
260. B. E. Davis. The old Abner Gage place. A very old house stood where barn is, known as "Granny Hull house ;" Hull lived here about fifty yrs. ago, and some time ( ?) before. Isaac Corliss owned the place, sold to Morris, he to Berry, 1895. The old house by the barn was used in 1850 as shoeshop by Gage, Messer, Rowell, and others.
261. Ed. Seaver. The old Corliss homestead. Isaac, father to Charles of Methuen, son of Elliott, sold to Nelson Mes- ser, now of Boston. Before this house was built there was a very old celler here, the evidence of some very early habitation.
262. Alec Paquin. He bought of Isaac Corliss, who built and lived here after he sold the old homestead.
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263. E. J. Manore. Originally built by Nathaniel Gorrell ( ?). Joseph Cross lived here, sold to his nephew, Samuel. Later Elihu Scott owned, then Wm. Bartlett.
264. Walter Hall. Built by Hiram Hall about 1850. Alvah Hall was the carpenter in charge.
265. Jesse Burgin Place. Built by Kimball Cole; afterwards enlarged by Mr. Burgin after he bought of heirs of Hiram Cole (he died here of small pox). Mrs. Burgin now owns.
266. George Noyes. The old John Woodbury farm; he moved to the Center; it had been owned by his father. Hawkes lived here for some years; his heirs left about 1885. Then Cal Boardman lived here; afterwards Jones occu- pied.
267. Nelson Forsaith. Was originally a shop on the Gardner Cross place, M 273; his son, Henry, moved it here, Web- ber having given him land to put it on; the ell was brought from the Richard Woodbury place, M 275. Mrs. David Cross lived here, 1849; then John Partridge bought.
268. George Prince. The old Webber farm. Three genera- tions of Abel Webbers lived here in 1840. House built by Abel, grandfather of Mrs. Burgin. In the pasture are cellar holes, where many years ago lived the man of whom Webber bought the land.
269. James A. Ryder. He built in 1889.
270. Charles Burns. Built probably by Samuel Palmer after he tore down an old house here ( ?). Afterwards Abner Gage, Jr., owned and occupied.
271. Site of house of Jesse Burgin. He lived here with his first wife.
272. No. 7 Schoolhouse. Called "Dark Entry Schoolhouse," because there was no window in the entry until it was re- paired in 1846. It is an old building.
273. Elmer Bailey. Built by Robert Bradford originally. He sold to Gardner Cross, he to John Wardwell about 1874. Peter Batchelder next bought, then sold to Bailey. The old house burned, 1893; Bailey rebuilt.
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274. Robert Peacock. "Daddy" Stevens lived here up to 1840. Then David Loud came. He was boiling down cider when house caught fire and burned flat. He rebuilt. Homestead of Capt. Israel Woodbury. Later known as Capt. Richard Woodbury place. Present house built about 1860, after part of old house had been moved to M 267. Capt. Israel's father, Israel, bought the farm from town of Londonderry, 1757, or '59 ( ?). The chest- nut and horse chestnut trees in front set out by John Woodbury about the time of erection of present house. Cut, p. 248.
276. Charles Leavitt. The old Wm. Bradford place. He lived here until after 1840; then moved to M 230. Abner Gage, Jr., lived here, then Masterman, then present owner. Cut, p. 265.
277. Site of James Webster place. Original house was torn down, and rebuilt by Webster. This burned, 1890.
278. Frank L. Woodbury. Built by Wm. Woodbury in 1858. Frank's father, Hiram, bought of Wm.
279. Mrs. Lavina Kimball. Her husband, Washington Kim- ball, built it in the 50's.
280. Homestead of Samuel Woodbury. Ebenezer had set- tled on knoll 10 rds. south of this house (cellar site shown on map) ; that house was burned, then he built present in 1807. Samuel afterwards lived here. Cut, p. 381.
281. Charles S. Woodbury. Built by his father, Hiram, in 1845.
282. Homestead of Samuel Gorrell. Very old house. He lived here in 1848. Formerly his ancestor, Nathaniel, built it ( ?).
283. Isaac Emerson. Isaac Cross, uncle to Geo. P., lived here long time before Emerson, and may have built it. Cut, p. 384.
284. Site of William Thom's house. Was a cottage. A long barn stood east of house. Burned, 1891.
285. Site of old Thom Homestead. Joseph Thom built and lived here. Darius Milton Thom was living here when burned, 1891. Cut, p. 56.
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286. Storehouse. Built for workshop by Isaac and Darius Thom. Upstairs was once used for school; wagons stored downstairs.
287. Site of William Moreland's house in 1750. It stood here when these roads were laid out by the town. This place later called Clark Land.
288. Site of Lowell Reed place. Stood here in colonial days. John Ellenwood bought of Reed, tore down the old house and rebuilt. Then sold to Gus Barker, who owned when burned, March 25, 1882. Fire started in barn in evening; euchre party was held here, guests had just departed. Later Cal Boardman bought the farm.
289. Joel Ed. Richardson. His father, Joel, bought of Emery. Known as Levi Emery place. The house is very old.
290. John Turner. Built in 1824 by Smiley Smith (father of James, in Methuen). The Smiths were here when the town was incorporated. Place now called "Mountain View Farm." Cut, p. 388.
291. Site of John Clark house. It burned down, perhaps 40 yrs. ago. Is said to have looked very old in 1830. Be- fore that John's father lived here. Very sightly location. 292. John Cunliffe. Built by him, 1906.
293. Homestead of Edward Woodbury. Built perhaps a cen- tury ago. J. C. Salls recently owned for a few years. George Brady. Built by him, 1903.
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295. John F. Brady. The old Elisha Woodbury house stood here; he was captain of a company at Bunker Hill. Brady bought the farm, 1856. Tore down old house and built present. Cut, p. 249.
296. Charles Morley. Built about 1904.
297. Calvin Jennings. Built by him about 1845. This was formerly part of Elisha Woodbury farm.
298. House built perhaps 20 yrs., owned by Jennings ( ?).
299. The old Towns farm. Mrs. Booth lived here 15 yrs. ago.
300. New house built here within a few years.
301. Daniel Silver Homestead. He lived here a century ago, and later; built a one-story house. Afterwards Noyes raised it and put piazza on. The Silvers came in here when this district was new.
RESIDENCE OF DAVID M. HOYT. (M 357)
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302. Homestead of Andrew Jackson Silver, who built it. Troy lived here about 1870.
303. Asa Silver place. Later his son, Leverett, lived here.
304. Josiah Clough place. The house was old before he came here; it was moved to this location ( ?).
305. Site of John Messer house. It disappeared more than 75 yrs. ago. Said that he gave place to Daniel Silver to take care of, and never returned.
306. House built 4 or 5 yrs. ago, on land part of Wilson farm.
307. Ambrose Turner. The Wm. H. Clark farm; he brought a barn from M 299 and made it into a house; then tore down an old barn at the Center and rebuilt here; about 1865.
308. New house, now building.
309. William A. Joy. The old Asa Corliss Homestead. Nancy, daughter of Asa, Jr., married Cyrus Wilson, who lived here many years. Joy came in 1872.
310. Frank Findeisen. Built by John Bodwell, on land bought of Asa Austin.
311. Site of Isaiah Heath place. It was very old house; grad- ually went to ruin and fell.
312. Alvan Kingsley. Built by him about 1895. The old house which previously stood here was the Asa Austin house, built by Heath after his colonial relic across the street became uninhabitable. Jake Huse lived here be- fore he moved to Methuen. Heath was prudential com- mittee in 1828, Austin in 1851.
313. Arthur R. Metzner. Built about 15 yrs. ago by Herbert Slack, who tore down the old house. It was the Tristram Kimball place; had long low roof.
314. Albert E. Weinhold. He built, 1905.
315. Herman A. Graichen. Built by him, 1901.
316. No. 8 Schoolhouse. The only original house of the group built in 1801 which is now in use. Remodelled in 1864. Formerly had pitched floor and wooden benches. New building now being erected on adjoining lot west. Cut, p. 224.
317. Arlon Davis. Built by him about 5 yrs. ago. Originally
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the Clough place; this family owned all the land in the neighborhood. Wm. Clough lived here in the old house, 1859. Sold to Jacob Albert about 1875, afterwards burned.
318. Site of Gristmill of Tristram Kimball, destroyed over 60 yrs. ago. One of the millstones is now in the brook, the other is a step at Littlejohn's.
319. James Littlejohn. Formerly the home of Elijah Jen- nings, who lived here in 1859.
320. David Hird. Built by a Clough. Ben Clough lived 75 ( ?) years ago; Plaisted in 1859.
321. John Brister. Built by him about 2 yrs. ago.
322. Baxter Hall. Original house is now the ell. Front part built about 1833. Joshua Hall came from England and settled here; bought large tract of land between 1725 and 1740, and built on this site, doubtless first a log house which was later replaced by what is now the ell, one of the oldest houses in town. Cut, p. 52.
323. Blacksmith shop of Hall family. Four generations have worked here-Joshua, Moses, Seth and Baxter. The frame has been recently reboarded to preserve it, as it is the oldest shop in town.
324. Cellar for new house, now building.
325. Charles Frye place, built 1905.
326. Blethen Place. Built 1903. The old house here was burned in 1877. Jud Averill lived in it, had bought of Emerson. It was the Dexter K. Cole farm; he built the house, 1820.
327. Isaac Woodbury Homestead. Brick part built by his father, Asa, in 1822; the rear part is older. Land form- erly bought of Elisha ( ?) Hall, was a part of the large Hall farm. Cut, p. 377.
328. Frank Kimball farm. Built by his father, Chas., 1878. Sold to N. H. Breeders' Club, 1905.
329. Site of the original Kimball Homestead. Built by Oliver, occupied by Oliver, Jr., Joseph, Charles.
330. Site of Charles Kimball house. Built by him, 1850. Sold to N. H. Breeders' Club, 1905; burned that fall. Cut, p. 12.
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331. Site of log house, built probably about 1750, when Kim- ball family first settled in Salem. The land was bought in 1736. Oliver, Jr., was born here.
332. Fred Wight place. He lived here before moving to North Salem. Built about 20 yrs. ago by Jas. Fletcher, to rent.
333. House of John W. Hall of Methuen. Built by Ed. Kelly about 12 yrs. ago.
334. John Hall. Built by Rob't McDonald about 1885.
335. Sarah Coburn. Built by Philando Swett, perhaps 20 yrs. ago. Cass later occupied.
336. Venetian Palace Hotel, Peter LaCourt, proprietor. Built by him, 1906, for lodging house. Also agency for fur- nishing Italian laborers. Cut, page 65.
337. House now building.
338. Sylvester O. Woodbury. Built by Miles Hall, 1846. When R. R. was put through this was cut off from the Kimball farm; the company offered to move it across the road, but Hall refused. Chas. Kimball owned, and sold to Woodbury during war.
339. Ira S. McKeen. Built by Oliver Russ, Jr., 1850. He had lived in the old house since his marriage, 1836. His father had formerly occupied the old house, after he moved from the place in Ewins' woods. Peabody sold to McKeen in 1892.
340. Edward Sheppard. Built by Ira McKeen, 1906.
341. Henry Hudson. This house looked as old in 1830 as it does today. Moses Austin, veteran of the Revolution, lived here; then his son, Moses, who had lived on Ewins' farm, moved here also; they lived here in 1840. Sold to Wm. S. Kelley, who worked for Austin; he lived here 1859. Cut, page 256.
342. Willard Jones. Uriah Merrill lived here in 1830; Oliver Russ, Sr., came here after his son was married; he was a relation of Merrill's. McCormick was here in 1859. Like M 338, this house was shut in by the advent of the R. R. Its position also indicates that it stood here before
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the Turnpike was built, and was suffered to remain; it is unlikely that the proprietors would have permitted the erection of a house in the road after it was laid out.
343. James Foster place. Now vacant. The old house was burned and rebuilt 15 or 20 yrs. ago.
344. August Ditrich. Built about 70 yrs. ago by Ezekiel Fos- ter.
345. Jonathan Pettingill place. Now vacant. Built by him probably ( ?) when he married Alice Clough, 1811. Cut, p. 393.
346. Orin Cluff. Built about 1850 by Levi Cluff. Formerly was old, low-roofed house here, owned by three Levi's.
347. Milton G. Goodwin. Built by him about 40 yrs. ago. Originally the Levi Cluff, Jr., place.
348. Noah Hamel. He built, 1904.
349. Elisha Woodbury place. Later Benj. Woodbury lived here. (On map this is incorrectly marked as a site.)
350. John Turner place. Built by him, then sold when he moved to M 290.
351. Benjamin Kelley Homestead. His widow and sons now occupy. Built 1863 by Jonathan Ballard. Sold to Kel- ley, who raised another story. Old house formerly here was burned; Samuel C. Gallagher lived there, 1852, be- fore Ballard.
352. J. William Kelley. Old historic house, built by Richard Pattee, 1804. The frame was taken from the original homestead which stood at M 390, and was a tavern. When the Turnpike was built the new location promised better business. There were four large barns, which stood just southeast of the house; said that 400 horses were put up here in one night. Traders used to stop here with their stock, mainly horses, as the cattle were more easily cared for at Messer's. Lafayette stopped here for dinner when he went to Concord in 1824; tur- keys were stuffed and roasted in the big brick oven which is still in its original condition. The southwest room was the barroom, and it is said that on the memorable occasion a goodly supply of refreshment was provided,
RESIDENCE OF J. WILLIAM KELLEY. (M 352)
OLD JONATHAN PETTINGILL HOUSE. (M 345)
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much to the satisfaction of some of the marquis' train. For many years this place was a stage station. It was sold to Capt. Henry Piercy, who sold to Gilman D. Kel- ley, 1863. Cut, p. 392.
353. Edward Cartwright. He built about 15 years ago.
354. Site of Deacon John Pettingill place. Was once a toll station; Roxanna (Messer) Haselton lived here. Known as the Loud, also Keefe, and Bailey place. Joseph Loud owned, then his son David; old Mrs. Loud died here 1857; then Roswell Richardson lived here, it being owned by his son-in-law Barnes. He sold to Keefe, who lived here with Bailey (they married sisters). William Bailey lived here 1895. (Deacon Pettingill went from here to the place in Methuen later known as the Elijah Hall place, now the Sylvester Blodgett place.) Very long ago the grandfather of Jason Ingalls lived here. The old building was torn down and the present one erected on nearly the same site about six years ago.
355. Henry Trempler. He bought the land of Mrs. Bodwell and erected the house, about 1890.
356. Burt M. Hoyt. Built by his grandfather, Benj. P. Hoyt, 1834.
357. David M. Hoyt. Was formerly the ell to the Joel Sar- gent house, M 358. It was used for a store and silver- smithy. Edward Pattee once lived here; Sam Sawyer (brother of Ebenezer of Methuen) lived here in 1845. When John A. Messer was married he moved it away from the main house and converted into dwelling. (Cut, p. 389.)
358. Site of Joel Sargent house. He lived here and kept store in the ell; probably built the place before 1800. Early in the last century it was occupied by Theophilus Haseltine; later by Nathaniel Gorrill, Nathaniel Foster and his two sons, and Elijah Hall and family. The last occupant was Jud Averill. It was torn down in Feb- ruary, 1903.
359. Boston & Maine Railroad depot, Hampshire Road, for- merly called Messer's Crossing. The name was changed
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at the request of Mr. E. F. Searles, August 4, 1898. The old freight depot was burned by an incendiary, Aug. 12, 1859.
360. James G. Martin. He built about 1893.
361. Theo Jagger. Built by James Lyons about 1875. He lived here a short time, then sold.
362. Site of Lieut. Seth Emerson house. Torn down by Loren E. Bailey 20 yrs. ago. It was a low, one story building with a pitched roof; the hall ran clear through the middle of the house. There is an old well in the field several rods distant. Seth was a militia officer in 1821.
363. Henry Caron.
364. Ed. Wright. Built by John Havey about 15 yrs. ago.
365. William Hearn. Built by John Havey about 25 yrs. ago. The former house here was built by John A. Messer in 1861; he had a store in it; it burned in 1880.
366. Site of barns and slaughter houses of Capt. David Mes- ser. He did a very large butchering business here. Burned "night before the Fourth," 1896; incendiary.
367. Site of the Old Messer Tavern. Built by David Messer, 1816, out of material partly obtained by tearing down the old Joseph Wright house, M 378. At first had two rooms on each floor; additions afterwards put on. Sargent's blacksmith shop stood close to the house, where the ell was later built. The establishment sported an oval sign on which was displayed a rising sun; it hung at the south- east corner. This hostelry was a favorite resort for dro- vers on their way from up country with cattle. Many were left here; others driven to Brighton. Dances, shoot- ing matches, etc., were frequently held here. Capt. David was one of Salem's most capable and most re- spected citizens. After the Messers were gone, the place fell into bad repute. It was last occupied by Jud Aver- ill. Burned by an incendiary, Nov. 6, 1896. 368. Leverett Dyson. The old Frederick Messer House. Formerly stood near small clump of trees just east of M 371, near the road. Ten years after Turnpike was
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built it was moved here by Richard Messer. Capt. Sam- uel Emerson owned before Messer. Frederick left to his daughter, Susan (Messer) Bodwell, who sold to Chas. Robbins. Dyson bought the place, 1893. The ell for- merly stood near the corner of the road south of the house, and was used by Frederick as a hatshop.
369. Site of a store owned by David Messer, kept at different times by Sam Sawyer, E. S. Woodbury, Bodwell & King, Eliphalet Tenney, Noyes, Woodbury & Silver; all sold rum here. Burned hallowe'en, Oct. 31, 1876.
370. Heaps Bros.' blacksmith shop. Built by David Messer about 35 yrs. ago ( ?).
371. George L. Page homestead. Moved here in 1869 from site of Gilbert Bowen's house on Pelham Street, Methuen ; had formerly stood on site of M. E. Church in Railroad Square. The roof was subsequently raised.
372. George E. Townsend. The old Capt. Samuel Emerson place, supposed to have been built before the Revolution. Its first owners are obscure. Emerson was captain of 4th Regt. Militia in 1815. Asa Gage lived here, 1840; "Uncle Nat" Webster rented it for a time, then John Messer lived here until 1858, when he sold to B. B. Hutchins. The place was next sold in 1901 to Town- send, who tore down the old house and built the one now standing. Cut, p. 385.
373. Site of tanyard of Samuel Emerson. It was discontinued sometime before 1840 and buildings moved to west side of street; one is now M 374.
374. John Fielding. Formerly stood across street, was part of tanning plant. Samuel Pettingill once lived here.
375. Wilson Dyson. Built by Enoch Butler about 1890.
376. Moses Messer Place. One of the oldest in town. Rich- ard Messer bought of James Swan in 1765, and the build- ings were not new then. His son Richard lived here, whose children, including Moses, Frederick and David, were born here. Moses retained this homestead. After his death 'Leif Tenney bought in 1832; he changed the roof from the original low gambrel to the present pitched
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