Watertown Houses

description - The house was demolished in 1929. John Perkins Cushing (April 22, 1787 -- 1862), called "Ku-Shing" by the Chinese, was a wealthy Boston sea merchant, opium smuggler, and philanthropist. The town of Belmont, Massachusetts is named after his estate.… subject - Cushing, John Perkins -- 1781-1862.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life --… relation - Identifier - figure 1153

description - The house was demolished in 1929. John Perkins Cushing (April 22, 1787 -- 1862), called "Ku-Shing" by the Chinese, was a wealthy Boston sea merchant, opium smuggler, and philanthropist. The town of Belmont, Massachusetts is named after his estate.… subject - Cushing, John Perkins -- 1781-1862.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life --… relation - Identifier - figure 1093

description - Duplicate figure 337, Line # 598. subject - Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; relation - Identifier - figure 1011

description - School House on Mount Auburn Street (removed in 1922) Move to subject section Schools. subject - School buildings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Public schools -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Schools -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; relation - Identifier - figure 992

description - Parsonage built for Rev. John Bailey in 1685, later occupied by Revs. Henry Gibbs and Seth Storer. Demolished 1888. Henry Gibbs served 27 years during troubled times of discourse over the location of the Meeting House, Salem witch trials and… subject - relation - Identifier - figure 990

description - Supply T. Sharp home, southwest corner of (63) Mount Auburn and Irving Streets. Demolished, 1904. Supply T. Sharp was a Custom House broker. subject - Sharp, Supply T. -- d.1899.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life --… relation - Identifier - figure 986

description - House at corner of Mount Auburn and Patten Streets, present site of Starbuck's Coffee. subject - Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; relation - Identifier - figure 982

description - Anne Whitney's birthplace, Galen Street, moved to Water Street. "This house was built by James Barton in 1715. It was sold to John Hunt in 1745. Joseph Warren boarded here during the session of the Provincial Congress in 1775. He breakfasted in the… subject - Barton, James -- ca. 1643-ca 1729.; Warren, Joseph -- 1741-1775.; Whitney, Nathaniel.; Robinson, Luke.; Robinson, George Frederick -- 1859-1949.; Whitney, Anne -- 1821 -- 1915.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings… relation - Identifier - figure 865

description - Home of Jonathan Stone, built about 1800. subject - Stone, Jonathan -- 1677-1754.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life --… relation - Identifier - figure 827

description - Capt. John Fowle house, Mount Auburn Street. Birthplace of Adeline Fowle, who married Samuel Welles. This house was razed in May, 1967. Some of its doors and hardware were saved by M.V. Tomassian for future use of the Watertown Historical Society. subject - Fowle, John --1756-1782.; Fowle, Adeline -- b.1799.; Welles, Samuel -- 1778-1841.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Historic sites -- Watertown (Mass).; Historic buildings -- Watertown… relation - Identifier - figure 817

description - Home of Josiah Stickney, a whaling and sugar merchant, located where Perkins School for the Blind main building now stands. It was built by William Hunt and sold by his grandson, Benjamin Faneuil Hunt, Jr., abolitionist, in 1844 to Josiah Stickney. subject - Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil -- b. 1790.; Stickney, Josiah -- 1789-1876.; Hunt, William.; Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil Jr.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts --… relation - Identifier - figure 815

description - Home of Ellen Robbins (1828 -- 1905), Watertown watercolor artist), James Robbins, glass maker for Tiffany's, and Sarah Robbins who married Harrison P. Page, on Pleasant Street. James Robbins, the father, ran a soap manufacturing factory on Pleasant… subject - Robbins, Ellen -- 1828-1905.; Robbins, James -- 1816-1903.; Robbins, Sarah -- 1820-1895.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Historic sites -- Watertown (Mass).; Real property --… relation - Identifier - figure 795

description - Simon Coolidge Homestead, Grove Street. From this house, Joseph Coolidge went to his death on April 19, 1775. Herbert Coolidge was the last Coolidge born here. Birthplace of Annie E. Davenport (nee Coolidge), Grove Street. Annie Davenport was the… subject - Coolidge, Joseph -- 1730-1775.; Coolidge, Simon -- 1632-1693,; Coolidge, Herbert.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) --… relation - Identifier - figure 668

description - Home of Henry Bright, Howard Street. Stone wall and fence in front. subject - Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Bright,… relation - Identifier - figure 657

description - Phineas and Abigail Durant Cook(e) house, corner of Centre and Pearl Streets, Newton just over the Watertown boundary. Later owned by General William Hull who surrendered Detroit to the British in 1812. Dr. Walter Hunnewell's wife, Susanna Cooke, was… subject - Hunnewell, Walter -- 1769 -- 1855.; Cook, Phineas -- 1735- 1784.; Cook, Mary -- 1759-1820.; Hull, William -- 1753-1825,; Durant, Abigail -- 1741-1831.; Cook, Susanna -- ca. 1776-1841.; Architecture, Domestic -- Newton (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings… relation - Identifier - figure 511

description - Fiske house, Main Street, Waltham. subject - Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; relation - Identifier - figure 508

description - Home of Edmund Blois at corner of Lexington and Main Streets. Edmund Blois lost his son in 1665 and his wife of sixty years, ten years later. He was the Meetinghouse verger. His original house burned in 1673. He also managed a tavern. He married a… subject - Blois, Edmund -- 1587-1681.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life --… relation - Identifier - figure 505

description - Stephen Cooke house on Watertown Street. General Henry Knox and his bride, Lucy Flucker, lived here in 1775-1776. subject - Knox, Henry 1750-1806.; Flucker, Lucy -- 1756--1824.; Cooke, Stephen -- 1683-1761.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Historic sites -- Watertown (Mass).; Real property --… relation - Identifier - figure 502

description - House on Lexington Street, near Main Street. Probably the home of George Woodward, son of Richard Woodward. subject - Woodward, George -- 1621-1676.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; City and town life --… relation - Identifier - figure 500

description - House of Dr. Eliakian Morse on Galen Street, later owned and occupied for many years by Harrison P. Page who ran a glass factory in western Massachusetts that sold glass to Tiffany & Co.. Demolished in 1895. House stood on a knoll about 50 feet above… subject - Page, Harrison P. -- 1815-1898.; Morse, Eliakiam -- 1759-1858.; Architecture, Domestic -- Watertown (Mass) -- History.; Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Watertown.; Real property -- Massachusetts -- History. Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and… relation - Identifier - figure 494