No. 5321 Revolutionary War Barracks, 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 painted brick shows a house once used as a barracks, reportedly in the Revolutionary War, but it may have been the War of 1812.
No. 1953 Photograph in the collection of the Dorchester Historical Society showing the barracks as well as what was probably the John Baker House. The house in the photograph, however, does not appear to be the same house as in the painting.