Date of construction: By 1811
William Munroe Jr. was a housewright, and it is possible that he built the house. He sold the property with the dwelling house and buildings to William Wiswell in 1811. Wiswell sold to Blackman in 1836, so it is curious why the name Blackman appears on the 1831 map.
MACRIS
BOS.5597
Lemuel S. Blackman House
Samuel Swan, Herbert J. Hickey House
circa 1820
Federal style
The following is from the area form for Meeting House Hill, Boston Landmarks Commission.
The Blackman House at 29 Adams Streetwas built in 1820 and was for many years the home of the artist Lemuel Blackman . His best-known work is a landscape of Meeting House Hill, painted during the early 19th century. During the Revolution, Blackman had been a soldier in Captain James Robinson’s Company, which belonged to the regiment commanded by Ezra Badlam, Esq.
The following is from the 1977 Boston Landmarks Survey:
Says it is on the 1831 map.
5 bay hip-roofed Federal, brick ends, replacement porch and siding.
Similar in form to 21, 13, 38 Winter Street (all altered to a degree)
Annotated drawing at SPNEA provides some ownership data:
1912 – Robert T. Sawn
Oct. 2, 1857. Norfolk Deeds Lib 259, Fol .312 Samuel Swan from William D. Swan
Mar 6, 1844 Norfolk Deeds 145/167 Wm. D. Swan from Lemuel S. Blackman,
Lemuel S. Blackman from William Wiswell
See also Huebener brick description
No. 106 Blackman Wiswall house
Ownership history from maps:
1831 Blackman
1850 no name
1874 S Swan
1884 Saml Swan
1889 Saml Swan
1894 Saml Swan
1898 Saml Swan
1904 Hrs Saml Swan
1910 Hrs Saml Swan
1918 Hrs Saml Swan
1933 Regina E. Hickey
Deed
October 4, 1836 from William Wiswell to Lemuel S. Blackman 111.257
with the dwelling house
Nov. 14, 1811 from William Munroe Jr., of Dorchester, housewright, to William Wiswell, of Boston, trader 40.154
with dwellinghouse & all other buildings
Jan 16, 1797 from Solomon Hall to William Munroe, Jr 6.132 there is a plan of the land with this deed.
no mention of a building
June 18, 2007
From: George Hickey
My parents bought the house @ 29 Adams St in the 20s. Growing up there was a plaque my mother kept that was placed on the house for the Dorchester tercentenary that read: Blackman House 1754.