No. 3893 1058 Adams Street, photograph February 14, 2004.
Date of construction: 1850
Charles Francis Swan purchased the land in late 1849, and he was taxed for an unfinished house at the time of the assessment in 1850.
MACRIS BOS. 5634
Wiliam H. Swan House [note: this does not appear to be true]
Greek Revival, Italianate
circa 1850
The following is from the Lower Mills East area form, Boston Landmarks Commission prepared as part of 1994 Survey of Dorchester. Dated May, 1995 and recorded by Edward W. Gordon.
As already noted, the eastern end of Adams Street, near its intersection with Richmond Street, represents the oldest housing in the area with three pre-1850 houses exhibiting Greek Revival and in some cases Italianate stylistic characteristics. Several of these houses retain their large Victorian era stables. 1058 Adams Street is a noteworthy, very intact, gable-fronted side passage with rear ell, Greek Revival Italianate hybrid. It is composed of a 3-bay x 2-bay main block with two- and one-story rear ells. It appears to possess a side hall plan. Particularly memorable is s full length front porch with porch posts exhibiting open panels while curvilinear barge boarding appears beneath the roof eaves. The corners of this house exhibit paneled Doric pilasters. Still extant behind this house is its mid 19th century stable which is remarkable for its unusually formal door and window enframements.
The 1850 map shows only 5 houses extant in the Lower Mills area including the residences of the W.H. Swan (1058 Adams Street),
This map shows a house labeled Packard an the north side of Adams Street, beyond present day Butler Street, which may still exist in an altered form. In 1874, # 1058 Adams Street was owned by Charles F. Swan, a bookkeeper at the New England National Bank, 61 State Street. This house remained in the Swan family until at least the 1930s.
Owners from maps and atlases
1850 Swan
1858 Swan
1874 Chas. F. Swan
1884 Chas. F. Swan
1889 Chas. F. & Mary L. Swan
1894 Chas. F. Swan et al.
1898 Charles F. Swan et al.
1904 Chas. F. Swan et al.
1910 Chas. F. Swan et al.
1918 M. L. F. & C. F. Swan
1933 M. L. F. & C. F. Swan 20,705 sf
Deed
Nov. 2, 1849 from Joshua Pierce to Charles Francis Swan 190.193
consideration $579.17
Dorchester. Taxable Valuation. 1850
Charles F. Swan
house unfinished $700
1/2 acre of land $400