Date of construction: probably 1886-1887. Henry C. Short was living on Carruth Street by 1888.
Architect: need to find building permit
The house at 8 Carruth Street was built for Henry C. Short and his family. Short was the Secretary of the Fireman’s Fire Insurance Company.
The Denison family acquired the property in 1902. Adna T. Denison was in the paper industry. His father, Adna C. Denison, was a well-known paper manufacturer in Mechanics Falls, Maine.
Owners from atlases
1884 vacant land owned by Cheever Newhall
1889 Henry C. Short
1894 Henry C Short
1898 Henry C. Short
1904 Sarah G. Denison
1910 Sarah G. Denison
1918 Sarah G. Denison
1933 Hannah A. Wentworth
Boston Directories
1887 Henry C. Short, secretary Fireman’s Fire Ins. Co. 63 State, h. 21 West Cottage
1888 Henry C. Short sec. Fireman’s Fire Ins. Co. 63 State, h. Carruth, near Ashmont
1889 Henry C. Short sec Firemans Fire Ins. Co 43 Kilby, h. 8 Carruth display ad on p. 1635
deed
Oct. 18, 1886 from Charles F. Kittredge to Henry C. Short 1745.157 Lot 2 plan
land with no mention of building
deed
Oct. 3, 1902 from Christianna Short, admx to Sarah G. Denison 2854.246 and 247
Ancestry Find A Grave
Henry C. Short, b. 1843, d. April 15, 1902
Marriage
Henry C. Short to Christian Simpson, both of Boston, May 15, 1867
HIs father was John E. Short, mother Mary E. Christian’s father was James Simpson and mother Ann
1870 Census
Henry C. Short, 27, living in Boston HIghlands, clerk in in office
Christinanne Short, 26
Edith H. Short
1880 Census
Henry was a bookkeeper
1900 Census
11 Victoria Street
Adna T. Denison, b. Sept. 1839, manager in paper warehouse
Sarah G. Denison, 59
Hanzie Denison, 27, daughter
1910 Census
Adna T. Dennison, 70, paper manufacturer, born about 1840 in Vermont
Sarah G. Dennison, 70
Charles T. Wentworth, 38, son-in-law, School Master , City
Hannah D. Wentworth, 36, daughter
Marion D. Wentworth, 5, granddaughter
Kate C. Walsh, 24, servant
Adna T. Denison was the son of Adna Curtis Denison and Hannah True Denison. Adna Curtis Denison was a paper manufacturer in Mechanic Falls, Maine.
1910 Census
107 Beaumont Street
Adna C. Denison, 35, Merchant, Paper
Adelle C. Denison, 33
Delia Curran, 23, maid