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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The Cradock house, past and future. (search)
years to come. A lie travels a mile while truth is getting his boots on, runs the old proverb, and the tradition which apparently assumed its first form in the splendid history of Medford by Rev. Charles Brooks is more potent than the infinite accuracy of Judge Wait, Mr. Walter Cushing, so long teacher of history in our Medford schools, John Hooper and Moses Mann. Even the Transcript, up until 1914, published religiously every week in the Strangers' Directory, Cradock house, Medford. Built 1634, the first brick house in the colony, and the oldest house standing in North America. Every brick was imported from England. Named from Matthew Cradock, governor of the Massachusetts Company in New England. It is hard enough for Medford to lose its shipbuilding, its rum, and now its only oldest in America possession. However, much still remains. The land, at least, on which the house was built, belonged to Governor Cradock, and we still have the romance of the early founding of Medfor
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The Identity of the Cradock house. (search)
erson that could own it. It was on Mr. Cradock's land, and just where his business made it necessary: the conclusion, therefore, is inevitable that Mr. Cradock built it. There is every reason to believe that it was commenced early in the spring of 1634. Clay was known to abound; and bricks were made in Salem in 1629. Mr. Cradock made such an outlay in money as showed that he intended to carry on a large business for a long time, and doubtless proposed visiting his extensive plantation. The vere was the only man then who had the funds to build such a house, and he was the only man who needed it. Taking all these circumstances into consideration, the inference is clear, that the old fort, so called, was Governor Cradock's house, built in 1634. It is an invaluable historical jewel. It has been called the Fort and the Garrison House, because its walls were so thick, and because it had close outside shutters and port-holes. It is certainly well placed for a house of defence. It is