No. 5320 Holmes 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 Holmes House seems to have been located at the corner of Mill Street and Houghton Street.
This drawing was either used as a model for the brick painting, or, possibly, it was a sketch by the brick artist prior to painting the brick.
No. 2407 Holmes House, corner Mill Street
No. 5274 The 1858 Walling map of Norfolk County shows a house owned by E. Holmes at the corner of Mill Street and what is now Houghton Street.