No. 3894 1076 Adams Street 1078 Adams Street, photograph February 14, 2004.
Date of construction: circa 1845
Double house
MACRIS BOS.5635
circa 1840
James F. Pope House
Greek Revival
The following is from the area form for Lower Mills East, Boston Landmarks Commission prepared as part of 1994 Survey of Dorchester. Dated May, 1995 and recorded by Edward W. Gordon.
1076 Adams Street is an important example of a Greek Revival double house. It stands with its broad (pedimented) end wall gable facing the street. Essentially T-shaped in form, its entrances are located at the center of its 2.5 story, 4-bay x 4-bay main block. Particularly noteworthy are its classicized window and entrance enframements (tall windows with 6/9 wood sash on the first floor, main façade).
The 1850 map shows only 5 houses extant in the Lower Mills area including the residences of the W.H. Swan (1058 Adams Street), J. Swan (1066 Adams Street) and N. and A. Pope (1076 Adams Street). Housing owned by a C. Swan which are all extant.
# 1076 Adams Street was owned by James Pope, carpenter and builder. He may have built this house during the 1840s. This house remained in the Pope family until c. 1920. By 1933, Edward J. Harte, motorman, owned this property.
Owners from maps and atlases:
1831 no building
1850 J. & A. Pope
1858 hard to tell
1874 James Pope
1884 Jas Pope
1889 Jas. Pope
1894 James Pope
1898 James Pope
1904 James Pope
1910 James Pope Hrs
1918 J. Frank Pope et al Trs
1933 E. J. and A. J. Harte
Deed
Nov. 22, 1844 from Joshua Pierce to James Pope Jr and Albert Pope 150.320
2 acres; no mention of a building