. Bulletin. well preserved houses with centerchimneys may be ancient buildings transformed. Thusthe dwelling of the late Oapt. Charles Smalley next northof the Mansion of Wm. Barnes was built about 1769, andshows some old framing. The house of Col. Braytonopposite the Block was built about the same time. At the Railroad Crossing on the east side of Orangestreet is an old appearing house of the leanto style, placedin that location about 1756 by Christopher Baxter. Itremained in the Baxter family for over half a centuryand was then owned successively by Benjamin and PeterRaymond and Alexander Bu
. Bulletin. well preserved houses with centerchimneys may be ancient buildings transformed. Thusthe dwelling of the late Oapt. Charles Smalley next northof the Mansion of Wm. Barnes was built about 1769, andshows some old framing. The house of Col. Braytonopposite the Block was built about the same time. At the Railroad Crossing on the east side of Orangestreet is an old appearing house of the leanto style, placedin that location about 1756 by Christopher Baxter. Itremained in the Baxter family for over half a centuryand was then owned successively by Benjamin and PeterRaymond and Alexander Bunker and in 1895 was pur-chased by Wm. Modley. Its form suggests an earlierconstruction than 1756 and there is a possibility that itwas erected here by Jabez Macy or moved from a priorsituation but the records are silent as to either fact. Oak Street. Water street by house* of John Pinkham, westto Federal street, south side house* of Ebenezer Davis. This street extends along the north side of the William Baxter Gardner House. JamesSeth Austin House. 278 Pearl Street. Water street at south-east corner house-^ ofJethro Hiissey, west by houses of Benjamin Walcutt, Na-thaniel Coleman, Ebenezer Rand, Uriah Bunker, 2nd, toLiberty street, near house== of Ichabod Aldridge. It was provided for in the layout of Wescoe Acre; Lot sin 1078. Jethro Hussey owned the land east of the the attic of his house the Union Lodge of Free Masonsmet before 1792. In the west section are several inter-esting houses. On the south side a short distance westof Center is the ganibrel which was built by Silas Tad-dock about 1767. From 1791 to 1829 it was owned byWm. Barnard, and it was then conveyed to George Pad-dock whose descendants have since owned it. East of this, standing at an angle with the street, is alate lean to owned recently by Mrs. Judith Mitchell, andplaced on that lot by John Morris before 1762. The tra-dition that it was moved there is supporte
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