77 Alban Street

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No. 6107 77 Alban Street, photograph April 18, 2005.

Date of construction: 1895

Architect: Harrison Atwood

In the appendix to The Second Settlement, Shand-Tucci cites an inspection report from 1895 – Harrison Atwood architect, James Pope builder, S. Stein owner, est. cost to build $6500

The following is from: Ashmont by Douglass Shand-Tucci, p. 92

… and 77 Alban, the Stein-Norris House (one house removed from 91 Alban), a single-family house built for a relative of Atwood’s who was endowed with this miniature Colonial Revival mansion, were designed by Harrrison Atwood, Sr., of whom more soon.  Later, 77 was the home of E.J. Norris, the president of the Educational Publishing Company.

The following is from: Codman Square House Tour Booklet 1999

No. 77 Alban Street is a formal, symmetrical example of the Colonial Revival style, in which classically-derived detail—columns, pilasters, and pediments—bedeck a simple cubic volume whose dormered roof is crowned with a balustrade.  The rough stonework of the exposed front foundation indicates that an open porch once spanned the façade.

The following is from: Ashmont Hill Association House Tour Guide, Sunday, May 22, 1977

This 1895 Colonial Revival house is one of the few that retains its widow’s walk.  Architect Harrison Atwood, whose elegant home at the top of the hill is on the tour, designed this house and the two houses to the left as well.

Dorchester Atlases show owners:

1894 no house on the lot

1898 Sophie Stein

1904 Sophie Stein

1910 Sophie Stein

1918 Sophie Stein

1933 Louise LaSares

Deed

October 24, 1890 from George D. Welles to Edwin J. Lewis, Jr., 1963.187 lots 237,238,239 & 240

April 30, 1895 from Edwin J. Lewis, Jr. to Sophie Stein 2272.440 lots 237 & 238

parcel of land

Boston Directory

1895 Sophia Stein, widow of John A., h. Talbot Av.

1896 Sophia Stein, widow of John A., h. Alban

Dorchester Blue Books

1894 no residents listed

1896 the Steins are listed on Alban but without a house number (in 1894 Mrs. J.A. Stein was listed on Argyle Street)

1900 Residents were Mrs. J. A. Stein, The Misses Stein

1902 Residents were Mrs. J. A. Stein, The Misses Stein

1904 Residents were Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Norris

1906 Residents were Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Norris

1908 Residents were Mr. & mrs. Edward J. Norris

1910 Residents were Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Norris

1913 Resident was Mr. Edward J. Norris

1915 Residents were Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Norris

Census 1900

Sophia Stein, 63, widowed

Edmund Stein, 30, printer

Lucie Stein, 28, dressmaker

Eugina Stein, 26

Lillian Stein, 22, Clerk, probate court

Census 1910

Edward J. Norris, 58, widowed, publisher of school supplies

Lena Norris, 32, asst treasurer, office

Louise Norris, 30, artist, illustrator

Irma Norris 26, book keeper, factory

Helen Norris, 24, milliner, at home

Edward J. Norris Jr., 9

Lillian Scudder, 28, daughter of Edward

Lillian Scudder, , grand daughter

Catherine Leahy, 23, servant

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