The development on Beaumont Street began with the Carruths building these four houses: on the left 24 Beaumont Street and 30 Beaumont and on the right 11 and 17 Beaumont Street.
30 Beaumont Street was built for Nathan Carruth’s son Herbert. The 1884 atlas shows Annie Carruth as the owner. Nos. 11 and 17 were also owned by the Carruths.
By 1898 the three Carruth houses were owned by Roswell Downer. This may be the Roswell Downer who was president of the Broadway National Bank. He appears to have owned these houses as rental properties. In 1904 11 Beaumont Street was owned by Elise Washburn. In 1910 11 Beaumont was owned by lawyer Charles M. Reade, who continued to be the owner shown in 1918 and 1933.
The following is taken from the book Ashmont by Douglass Shand-Tucci.
[11 Ashmont] rejoices in the most elaborate half-timbering of any house in Ashmont. In that respect this handsome house is rather unusual, for St. Andrew’s Church, Newcastle, Maine (1882-83), the design of another British architect, Henry Vaughan was one of the earliest half-timbered buildings erected in this country and 11 Beaumont was certainly not far behind.
The following is from the inventory form for Carruth Street – Peabody Squarem Boston Landmarks Commission
Across the street at 17 and 11 Beaumont together with the rear wall of 30 Carruth Street form a memorable streetscape. 17 Beaumont Street is a Queen Anne house of irregular form with a large, spectacular, arched and panelled stained glass window with a complex gable and hipped roof configuration. Modern siding materials have compromised some of the original charm of this house. 11 Beaumont Street ranks among the finest examples of the Tudor style in Dorchester. The ground level brick walls are surmounted by a second floor and attic level covered with stucco and closely- spaced vertical and horizontal half-timbering.
1920 Census:
Charles M. Reade, 56, lawyer, general practice
Zadie V. Reade, 47
Constance Reade, 18
Margaret Reade, 17
Charles E. Talbot, 78, step-father-in-law
Georgianna E. Talbot, 71, mother-in-law
Note:
Boston Directories for 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 show Charles B. Moseley at 3 Beaumont [now 11 Beaumont]