No. 7710 41 Bowdoin Avenue 43 Bowdoin Avenue, photograph March 31, 2006.
Date of construction: probably 1844
A double house
MACRIS BOS.5683
Robert Magoun Lapham House and Carpenter
circa 1843
Greek Revival; Italianate
On 1858 map – Lapham owner
1978 BLC survey
5 bay Greek Revival house with ? cornice and heavy Italianate door hood; sixth bay is to the north; flush with the façade and over a one-bay entrance porch; interior chimneys replacement; early 6/6 sash. At crest of Mount Bowdoin: one of four pre-mid 19th century houses in immediate row; lots slope to rear.
Biblio:
Coolidge plan of 1836 at BPL [is this the pland of lots by Moseley?]. See form D1026
Owners from maps and atlases:
1850 R M Lapham
1874 RM Lapham plate M
1884 RM Lapham plate F
1889 Robt M Lapham plate 15
1894 Robt Lapham plate 16
1898 Rhoda Lapham plate 16
1904 Annie I. Adams
1910 Annie I. Adams
1918 Annie I. Adams
1933 Nath. V. Mahoney
Deed
Nov. 9, 1843 from James Weld to Robert M. Lapham 144.24
parts of lots 36 and 37
no mention of building
1850 Dorchester taxable valuation
Robert M. Lapham 1/2 house, shop, 10,026 ft land