Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1602
Please note that due to modem replacement and other work, there will be no Illustration tomorrow, but I hope that we will resume on Monday.
The Isaac Newcomb Field House, which is located directly behind the O’Hearn Storage Building in Fields Corner and connected to it, is a two story hip roof brick building (c.1820) that served as home to the Field family and as the headquarters of the currying business he built up. Though changed, the building’s symmetry and building material make it an important part of the area’s early nineteenth-century development. The exterior of the building is now brick.
The O’Hearn Moving and Storage Building at 1444 Dorchester Avenue was built about 1886 at the location first occupied by the Isaac Newcomb Field House. The building was expanded in the 1890s and acquired additions to the rear in the 20th century. Isaac Newcomb Field’s grandson Henry moved the house to the back of the lot to make room for the “fine block containing the post office and stores.” The Dorchester Music Hall occupied the top floor. Today the building continues to host stores and Post Office on the first floor but has storage space above. A large business advertisement stencil was applied to the side of the building c. 1920 and can still be seen, especially from the Red line trains entering the Field’s Corner Station. You can also see the impressions of the filled-in arched windows that allowed light into the Music Hall.
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Saturday August 6th and 13th at 11am and
Sunday August 7th and 14th at 4pm.
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