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
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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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