87 Alban Street

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No. 1343 87 Alban Street, realphoto Postcard, circa 1910.


No. 6111 87 Alban Street, photograph April 18, 2005.

Date of construction: by 1894

Based on the the Boston Directory for 1895, which has an entry for William Schumacher on Alban Street.

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

In between 91 and 77, the Knowles House, 87 Alban, which takes its name from Winfred Knowles, president of the Globe Rubber Works, was designed and built ca. 1897, and the front gable of this pleasing domicile boasts a striking example of how Queen Anne designers played freely but intelligently with traditional, classic motifs: the central arched window has been omitted and instead of the expected sash there is a diamond-patterned shingled panel. (On this street particularly, notice gables; it is where the architect of the picturesque allowed his fancy most play.)

Dorchester Atlases show owners:

1894 Bella Schumacher—the house first appears in the 1894 atlas

1898 Emma A. Knowles

1904 Emma A. Knowles

1910 Emma A. Knowles

1918 Emma A. Knowles

1933 Winifred S. Knowles

Deed

November 24, 1892  from Edwin J. Lewis, Jr., to William Schumacher  2098.180  Lots 239 & 240

Parcel of land

October 1, 1897 from Bella Shumacher and William Shumacher to Emma A. Knowles 2227.380  lots 239 & 240

Parcel of land with the buildings thereon

Boston Directory

1893 William Schumacher, supt. Beacon Lith Co., 54 Clayton, h. 224 Ashmont

1894 William Schumacher, supt. Beacon Lith. Co., 64 Clayton, h. Alban

Dorchester Blue Books

1894 no entry

1896 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Knowles; Miss E.A. Knowles; Henry F. Knowles

1900 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Knowles; Miss Emma A. Knowles

1902 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Knowles; Miss Emma A. Knowles

1904 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Knowles

1906 Mr. & Mrs W. S. Knowles

1908 Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Knowles

1910 Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Knowles

1913 Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Knowles

1915 Mr. & Mrs. W.S. Knowles

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