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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The Cradock house, past and future. (search)
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. Everylar, and one-half of the cellar room and that at the easterly end of it. But my son Peter his heirs and assigns shall not pass through y the north room into the cellar but shall make a way under the stairs into the celler for their own use. Mr. Hooper, to whom I am indebted for this quotation, goes on to add that, From the above it will be seen that the door without doors that leads into the cellar was at the west end of the house. The door that leads into the cellar from the outside today
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The Identity of the Cradock house. (search)
erhaps the scene of a noble tragedy by some gifted writer; and, above all, it would then be a proper monument to the memory of Medford's first friend and founder. So far as is known this is the earliest printed allusion to this old house, and this contains no tradition except old Fort or Garrison House. Mr. Brooks assumed and asserted it to be Governor Cradock's House, and presented the above to make his conclusion inevitable, but cited no proof whatever. His inference was accepted as actual history at a time when very few town histories had been written, and passed unchallenged for forty years. It was repeated, quoted from, enlarged, embellished with fiction, until any dissent was deemed sacrilege. We recall that during Mr. Hooper's reading of Old Houses a worthy man at our side made a dismal groan —Oh! better have let it been as it was. Our illustrations show this fine old house from different points of view and at different times, and are worthy of careful observatio