No. 5171 Holbrook Tavern, 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 Holbrook Tavern was located on Neponset Avenue opposite Minot Street. Part of the property was later used as the site for the Minot School.
No. 5276 The Neponset House appears on Neponset Avenue a little to the north of Walnut Street in the 1858 Walling Map of Norfolk County. The tavern is across from Minot Street.
No. 5286 Detail from 1884 Bromley Atlas.
The tavern was replaced with the Minot School in the mid 1880s. The 1889 Bromley Atlas shows part of the tavern property occupied by the school along with the reconfiguration of the buildings on the remaining Holbrook property.
No. 3550 Postcard view of the Minot School, early 20th century.
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No.9050 Photograph of the Holbook Tavern building from 2007. The building was taken down about 2011.