Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1942
The Rev. John Codman, who served as the first minister at Second Church from 1808 till his death in 1847, lived off Washington Street on Codman Hill on what is now Ogden Street. Later in the 19th century his house was used as a school for young women. The house was destroyed by fire in 1923.
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