. A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts . Photo, Florence R. Rhodes. Lincoln Homestead, South Main about 1717 by Mordecai Lincoln, ancestor of President Abraham Lincoln. Next to this probably is a part of the home of RobertT. Burbank on King Street nearly opposite the old cellarof Hezekiah Tower. The back part of this house standsover an old cellar wholly separate from the front cellar,which itself dates back fully a century and a half. Thisrear part is thought to have been built as early as theyear 1720. SEPARATION FROM HINGHAM. 255 The next in antiquity, and
. A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts . Photo, Florence R. Rhodes. Lincoln Homestead, South Main about 1717 by Mordecai Lincoln, ancestor of President Abraham Lincoln. Next to this probably is a part of the home of RobertT. Burbank on King Street nearly opposite the old cellarof Hezekiah Tower. The back part of this house standsover an old cellar wholly separate from the front cellar,which itself dates back fully a century and a half. Thisrear part is thought to have been built as early as theyear 1720. SEPARATION FROM HINGHAM. 255 The next in antiquity, and one that has the most defi-nite record of all, is the home of the late Rev. JosephOsgood, It was built by the first pastor of the town, NehemiahHobart. In his diary he says, Raised my House Oct. 15, came to Dwell in my House Jan. 20 1724-25. Thisand the Lincoln house are now substantially as they were. Photo, Mrs. E. E. Ellms. Home of the late Rev. Joseph 1722 by Rev. Nehemiah Hobart, the first pastor of the precinct. at first in general shape, the Lincoln house having agambrel roof and this a straight gable. Another peculiar style of architecture is the gable roofof many old houses having the front rafters so short thatthere is room for two stories in front, while the backrafters slope nearly to the ground upon the other side. A fine sample of this sort is the present home ofSamuel James, built in the year 1729. 256 HISTORY OF COHASSET. It stands upon King Street at the west end of the lotthat formerly reached to the site of the Norfolk House. Thomas James, who built as we supposed in 1705where the Norfolk House now is, gave to his oldest son,Thomas, the upper end of his lot, and there in the year1729 the young Thomas James built his home that stillremains in the family name. If only some one could discover the tax lists that havebeen lost previous to the list of 1737
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