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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1907.40.29 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Title |
Past and Present. Roadsides of West Cambridge |
Scope & Content |
Two handwritten documents on ledger paper, folded. Labeled with accession numbers followed by A and B, by the author as "first part" and "second part." Page numbers in upper corner. Handwritten with ink. "Past and Present." "To the Members of the Historical Society" Added with pencil: "Roadsides of West Cambridge by Almira Whittemore" and year of 1906-07 (Almira Tufts Fessenden Whittemore) Part 1 is one side of the street and part 2 is the other Note: In reference to JRH: Jr. L. P. Bartlett's new house, now the fine residence of E. Nelson Blake. The Teel Cottage now altered, removed and owned by P.H. Foster next the Jason Russell House with its long walk up to the door. It is interesting ot know tha tthe Emigrant 'William Russell' willied to his wife Martha, one have of the 'well.' Perhaps some of you have drankf rom the 'Old Oaken Bucket' which hung in that well. Leaving the well and a tract of undulating land, we come to Jesse P. Patte's well appoitned house with massive iron fence and artistic gateway." Gershom Whittemore house once called the "tory house on account of its white chimney" Transcription link https://arlingtonhistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1909.40.29A.pdf |
Transcription |
Typed Transcription |
Date |
1906 |
Year Range from |
1906 |
Year Range to |
1907 |
Creator |
Whittemore, Almira |
People |
Allen, Abbot Tufts, Ephraim* Blake, Ebenezer Nelson Brooks, Eben Brooks, Mrs. Eben Brown, Daniel Butterfield, Deborah Croome, Lane Daniels, John Porter Fessenden, Almira Tufts Fletcher, Walter Foster, Parker H. Fowle, John (1796-1871) Francis, Lydia Maria Kenney, Michael Mott, Henry Nason, Eliakin Newton, Ralph W. Pattee, Jesse Russell, Bowen Russell, James Russell, James* Russell, Josiah Russell, Josiah* Russell, Thomas (1751-1809) Russell, Thomas (1776-1866) Schouler, James Schouler, James Jr. Schouler, William Wallace Tufts, Ephraim Weatherbee Wellington, Henry Wellington, William H. Whittemore, Gershom Whittemore, Philip Cartaret Jr. Whittemore, William (1761-1842) |
Subjects |
Architectural details Architecture Business districts Businesses Churches Historic buildings Historic sites Historical markers Hitching posts Hotels Industrial buildings Industry Omnibuses Residences Residential hotels Residential streets Store windows Storefronts Stores & shops Street vendors Streets Taverns Taverns (Inns) Tenement houses Turnpike roads Wells Tornadoes |
Search Terms |
1840s 19th Century 10 Prentiss Road 963 Massachusetts Avenue Abbott Allen House Abel Locke House Almshouse Mrs. Eben Brooks House Amos Whittemore House Arlington House Hotel Artemas Locke estate Belknap House Benjamin Cutter homestead Benjamin Locke House Black Horse Tavern Brick School House Broadway Butterfield House Center District School House Crane House Cleveland Street Marathon Street Cooper Tavern Cutler Tavern Cutler-Tufts Tavern Eben Brooks House Eliakim Nason House Ephraim Tufts House Gershom Whittemore House James Russell House Jason Russell House John Fowle House John P. Daniels Blacksmith Shop Josiah Russell House Josiah Whittemore House Jowhn Fowle Store Massachusetts Avenue Medford Street Mill Lane Moses Proctor Store Mount Vernon Street Peirce Family Philip Whittemore House Post Office Prentiss Road R.W. Shattuck Rowe Grocery Russell Tavern Schouler Court Schouler family Schouler House Schouler Print Works Teel Cottage Thomas Russell House Thomas Russell Store Tornado of 1851 Tory House Tufts Tavern Trinity Baptist Church Walter Fletcher land Weatherbee Welch & Griffith Saw Factory Whitney House Whittemore Hotel Whittemore House William Whittemore House and Card Factory |
Source |
Whittemore, Almira |
Collection |
Arlington Historical Society Collection |
Copyrights |
Rights status not evaluated. (CC BY-NC-ND) Non-commercial use only. |