No. 6101 66 Alban Street, photograph April 18, 2005.
Date of construction: 1886-1887
Based on deed to Orr April 1886; Boston Directory for 1887 has an entry for Orr on Alban Street
The following is from: Ashmont by Douglass Shand-Tucci, p. 94
… the Orr House, 66 Alban (note the absolute gem of a gable high up on the south side, with its elongated small-paned window set in ornamental shingling), is by an unknown architect ca. 1885 for Charles Orr, Deputy collector of taxes of the city of Boston.
Owners from atlases:
1889 Chas. H. Orr—house first appears in 1889 atlas
1894 Mary A. Crosby et al
1898 Mary A. Crosby et al
1904 Mary A. Crosby et al
1910 Maud F. Crosby et al
1918 Mary E. Foye
1933 Mary E. Foye
Deed
April 13, 1886 from George Derby Welles to Charles H. Orr 1718.545 lot 707 and pt 206
Parcel of land
April 26, 1890 from Charles H. Orr to Mary A. Crosby, Maud F. Crosby and Lena J. Crosby 1931.637
Boston Directory
1886 Charles H. Orr, dep. collector, collector’s office, City Hall, h. 11 Woodward
1887 Charles H. Orr, dep. collector, collector’s office, City Hall,h. Alban
1891 Lena J. Crosby, teacher, Mather primary, bds 66 Alban
1891 Mary A. Crosby, teacher, Tuckerman school, bds. 66 Alban
1891 Maud F. Crosby, teacher Mather primary, bds. 6 Alban
1907 Jeremiah E. Burke, asst. supt public schools office Mason st, h 66 Alban, Dor
Dorchester Blue Books
1894 Joseph E. Crosby; The Misses Crosby
1896 Joseph E. Crosby; The Misses Crosby
1900 Joseph E. Crosby; The Misses Crosby
1902 Joseph E. Crosby; The Misses Crosby
1904 Joseph E. Crosby
1906 Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah E. Burke
1908 Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah Burke
1910 Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Baker
1913 no entry
1915 no entry
Census 1900
Joseph E. Crosby, 65, druggist
Mary A. Crosby, 40, school teacher
Maud F. Crosby, 35, school teacher
Lena J. Crosby, 35, school teacher
Bridget Harley, 49, servant, cook