No. 5199 The house pictured on this brick remains unidentified.
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.
Although the location of the house picture on brick no. 84 is unknown, the house type was fairly common in Dorchester. Edmund Baker’s house, located on Richmond Street was similar with a 5-bay façade and 3-bay side. The Baker House and the First Unitarian Church were replaced in the 20th century by a commercial building, now housing a CVS store.
No. 3204 Photograph of Edmund Baker House. Edmund Baker was the son of James and father of Walter Baker. Edmund Baker House. Photograph in the possession of the Dorchester Historical Society in large album titled Old Dorchester Houses. Located on Court of Richmond Street. This was Edmund’s house, which passed to his son from his second marriage, Edmund J. Baker, and he had it demolished in 1872 to build a mansion at the corner of Richmond and Washington Streets.
No. 11374 Detail from the 1874 Hopkins atlas showing the location of the Edmund Baker house on Washington Street in Lower Mills at the corner of Richmond Street.