Photograph of the Blake House. Published in Official Program, Dorchester Day, Saturday, June 7th, 1913. |
Blake house in 2002 |
Photograph published in Pathways of the Puritans. Compiled under the Direction of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission and published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Second edition, 1931, following p. 72. Photograph taken by Halliday Photograph Company. |
Photograph published in Pathways of the Puritans. Compiled under the Direction of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission and published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Second edition, 1931, following p. 72. Photograph taken by Halliday Photograph Company. |
Postcard. Caption on front: Old Blake House, Edward Everett Square, Dorchester, Mass. Postmarked Oct 12, 1910. Essex Street Station, Boston. With one cent stamp. |
Postcard. Caption on front: Ye Old Blake House, Dorchester, Mass. Postally unused. On verso: Pub. by M. Abrams, Roxbury, Mass. |
Photograph. The house was built 1640. Photograph taken probably in the 1890s and printed in the 1920s. On verso: The Halliday Historic Photograph Co., 8 Beacon St., Boston. |
Illustration in: Good Old Dorchester / William Dana Orcutt. Cambridge, 1893. |
Postcard. Caption on front: Old Blake House, Edward Everett Square, Dorchester, Mass. Postally unused. N.B. this is not quite the same as #299. |
Postcard. Caption on front: Ye Olde Blake House, Dorchester, Mass. Postmarked Uphams Corner Station Mar 19 ? With one-cent stamp. On verso: Published by Putnam Art Co., 12 Pearl St., Boston. Hand-colored. ca. 1910. |
Postcard. Caption on front: "Ye old Blake House" Richardson Park, Dorchester, Mass. built in 1648. Photo by J.V. Hartman. Postally unused. Pub. by J.V. Hartman & Co., Boston, Mass. Series 64 |
Engraving published in History of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts by a committee of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society. Boston, 1859. p. 388. Originally published in Samuel Blake's genealogical history of the Blakes of Dorchester. This house was undoubtedly built by Elder James Blake, previous to 1650. The one-story addition to the right was placed there within the last quarter of a century (i.e. between 1834 and 1859). This house stands in Cottage Street. |
Published in Dorchester Souvenir Calendar 1896. |
Postcard. Caption on front: Ye Old Blake House, Dorchester, Mass. 1505. Postally unused. On verso: Pub. by German Novelty Co., Boston, Mass. |
Photograph published in The Dorchester Book. Illustrated. Boston, 1899 |
Photograph published in The Dorchester Book. Illustrated. Boston, 1899. |
Scan of a woodcut reproduced in The Memorial History of Boston, 1630-1880, edited by Justin Winsor. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1880. Vol. 1. |
Brick no. 5 in the Edward A. Huebener Brick Collection at the Dorchester Historical Society. |
Brick no. 5 in the Edward A. Huebener Brick Collection at the Dorchester Historical Society. |
Modern Pic |
Interior showing what is called wattle and daub and this was shown to consist of animal and human hair as well as 17th century textiles! |
Close up |
Apparently where a gable type window used to be |
Leaded window from 1896 restoration and some reused sheathing that still has old wall paper on it. |
The 2007 restoration uses new wood of the same species if rotted wood cannot be saved. Existing wood is strengthened with epoxy |
Modern photo showing leaded windows from 1896 restoration |