No. 5242 Spear House, painting on brick.
Edward A. Huebener, a former Board member of the Dorchester Historical Society, was a collector of materials relating to Dorchester history including a very large collection of graphic materials, including prints and photographs, now owned by the Society. His very own contribution to this group of materials was the idea of taking a brick from a house that had been demolished and asking a local illustrator to paint a picture of the house upon the brick. The painted bricks may be viewed at the Dorchester Historical Society.
The Spear House was located on Freeport Street at the end approaching Neponset Avenue.
The Edward A. Huebener collection of over 100 bricks originally collected by Mr. Huebener exhibits brick paintings of the houses from which the bricks came. The bricks have upon them painted scenes of (mostly) old Dorchester houses and landmarks.
Originally located on Freeport Street, the house was moved in 2005 to Nahant Avenue so that the developer of the land could build condominium units.
No.5268 Detail from 1874 Hopkins atlas. The green lot labeled Luther Spear appears not to have a house upon it, but the house is much earlier. The house may have been moved to this lot.
No.3205 Photograph in the collection of the Dorchester Historical Society.
No. 2525 Photograph in the collection of the Dorchester Historical Society, probably used as a model for the brick painting, showing how someone has marked up the photo.