This 50-acre farm and homestead dates back to the early 19th century. First owned by Capt. Theophilus S. Adams (1786-1863), it was owned from 1859 to 1889 by Elizabeth Gifford, wife of Christopher Gifford of Boston, and thereafter by the Merrill family of Melrose. In 1928, the state highway cut through the property, leaving it on the southeast corner of South County Road
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- Title:
- This 50-acre farm and homestead dates back to the early 19th century. First owned by Capt. Theophilus S. Adams (1786-1863), it was owned from 1859 to 1889 by Elizabeth Gifford, wife of Christopher Gifford of Boston, and thereafter by the Merrill family of Melrose. In 1928, the state highway cut through the property, leaving it on the southeast corner of South County Road
- Date:
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1928
- Format:
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Postcards/Cards
- Genre:
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Photographic postcards
- Location:
- Marstons Mills Historical Society
- Collection (local):
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Marstons Mills Historical Society Photograph Collection
- Subjects:
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Houses
Places
Adams
Gifford
- Places:
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MassachusettsBarnstable (county)Marstons Mills
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : photographic print ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
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- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/k0698h903
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