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The Jonathan Watson house.
WHILE the present issue of the Register has been in preparation one of Medford's old houses has been demolished, preparatory to extensive improvements in the immediate vicinity.
Built by Jonathan Watson in 1738, it has, till within the past eleven years, been constantly occupied, and is worthy of more than a cursory notice.
When first erected, the Watson house had but four finished rooms, two on each floor, and two unfinished attics, the latter lighted by one window in each gable, and was of the gambrel roof type, then so much in favor.
Its front door opened between the rooms into an entry, which, with the winding staircase, only occupied about a third the width of the house, the rest being filled by the massive chimney and fireplaces.
The latter were at last small, having been bricked in on all sides, and underneath the massive wooden beam extending across the top and built into the masonry.
According to the ancient custom of joinery, the entir