No. 5223 Brick 106A Wiswall Blackman 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 Wiswall Blackman House is located at 29 Adams Street.
No. 5248 Brick 106B Wiswall Blackman House, painting on brick.
On the form for 29 Adams Street The Boston Landmarks Commission 1994 survey cites an annotated drawing at SPNEA (now Historic New England) with ownership data.
March 6, 1844 Norfolk Deeds Lib 145 Fol 167 Lemuel S. Blackman from William Wiswell
Oct 2, 1857 Norfolk Deeds Lib 259 Fol 312 Samuel Swan from William D. Swan
The Boston Landmarks Commission estimates the date of construction as about 1820 and says the house appears on the 1831 map. The form describes the house as a 5 bay hip-roofed Federal house with brick ends. The porch and siding have been replaced.