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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 7., Meeting-house brook and the second Meeting-house. (search)
iar with that period in Medford's history. I cannot better express the thoughts that have come to me, as I have sauntered up and down this brook and loitered near the sight of the old Meeting-house and reflected, studied and pencilled at intervals during some three years than to show you this result, and then proceed in detail to give you an account of the building and carrying on of the Second Meeting-house. Ii. The second Meeting-house. The first meeting-house of Medford, built in 1696 on a rock on the north side of Woburn road (the site familiarly known at the top of Marm Simonds' hill) had accommodated the people for twenty years, when in June, 1716, it was considered inadequate to meet the needs of the increasing population. Seven prominent citizens headed by Deacon Thomas Willis were chosen to ascertain whether it was best to build a new meeting-house or to enlarge the old. On July 19, 1716, at an adjourned town-meeting, this committee reported their decision that a