. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . %^!:zsi^!g^. THE SUBURBANITE 11. The Old Somerset House By Charles W. Clickener D tion. IRING the past winter old lesi-dents of Somerville have beeninterested in watching the demo-lition of the two-story east por-the removal of the three-story west portion nearer to Grove Street,and the erection of the new thiee-storveast portion of the old SomersetHouse. As regards the old east por-tion, it was the oldest building inSomerville, certainly 135 vears old(conjecture puts it at 150 year
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . %^!:zsi^!g^. THE SUBURBANITE 11. The Old Somerset House By Charles W. Clickener D tion. IRING the past winter old lesi-dents of Somerville have beeninterested in watching the demo-lition of the two-story east por-the removal of the three-story west portion nearer to Grove Street,and the erection of the new thiee-storveast portion of the old SomersetHouse. As regards the old east por-tion, it was the oldest building inSomerville, certainly 135 vears old(conjecture puts it at 150 years).I When searching the records of theI property a few years ago, I found thatthere were only two books containingI the records of Somerset County prior to1780. which were saved from the burn-j ing of the court house at Millstone, bythe Queens Rangers, under the com-jmand of Lieutenant-Colonel Simcce,October 27, 1779. The first authentic record is a mort-gage given by Cornelius Tunison Keeper, to .John Beekman. May 1,1771^1ott of land purchased from JohnArisen, the lott on which he now keepsr;i\ern. &c.—- ■May 20. 1782. he w
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