No. 5206 Thomas Tolman House, photograph pasted on brick. Brick 53A. The brick was meant to be painted with a portrait of the house.
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.
No. 5325 Thomas Tolman House, Brick 53B. Painting on brick.
Not much is known about the Thomas Tolman House, which was located at the corner of Ashmont and Adams Streets.
No. 5277 Detail from 1858 Walling map of Norfolk County.
No. 2327 Photograph in the collection of the Dorchester Historical Society with caption: corner of Adams Street and Ashmont Street.