No. 5239 Payson 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.
Nothing much is known about the Payson’s. The caption on the back of the photograph says that the house was located at the back entrance to the cemetery (Cedar Grove).
No. 2335 This photograph was possibly used as the model for the brick painting.