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East Main Street Historic District

Friday, August 3, 2012

Uniquely Medfield

Uniquely Medfield: East Main Street, Gateway into Medfield

This is the first in a three part series on the historic houses of East Main Street.

  This week will cover the section of East Main Street from Pound Street to Robert Sproul Road. East Main Street, from the area of the Peak House and the 1750  Eliakim Morse house down to the Baptist Church, is truly the “Gateway” into Medfield. It is the initial impression one gets when coming into Medfield along Route 109. It contains homes dating back to the Colonial Period and magnificent landmarks out of the 18th and 19th centuries. That historic stretch is one of the factors that makes Medfield, Medfield. It is a factor when people decide to move here, it is a part of the historic heritage that gives Medfield its historical uniqueness, and it is a factor that helps to preserve and maintain the property values we have in Medfield, no …

Friday, June 29, 2012

Uniquely Medfield

DeSorgher: The Curtis Mansion, an Historic Treasure Lost Forever

DeSorgher recalls the history of Medfield's "royal family" and their home at the corner at 50 North Street.

They were the closest thing Medfield had to Royalty and their home, built in 1859, the closest thing to a castle. The demolition of that 50 North Street mansion in 1987, along with the demolition in 1961 of son-in-law Edwin V. Mitchell’s Manor Inn, which was next door, constituted an irreplaceable loss that damaged the appearance and the character of Medfield and which, looking back, produced strong agreement that it should have never taken place. The family was the Curtises. Daniel D. Curtis came to Medfield from the wilds of Maine in 1851, at the age of 21. Here he was employed under Walter Janes, in the manufacturing of straw hats. He rose fast through the ranks and by 1856 he had entered into partnership with Mr. Janes. He married …

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