Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1768
Today’s illustration shows the Lydia Clapp House at 6 Percival Street. The house was featured in the very first episode of the PBS show “This Old House” in 1979.
Percival Street, which runs between St. Peter’s Church and this house, was named for Captain John Percival (“Mad Jack”), a naval hero of the War of 1812 and later the champion of the restoration of the USS Constitution. His house stood opposite this one on the location of St. Peter’s Church.
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Parking is available on Cottage Street biehnd the Blake House. The entrance to Cottage Street is on the south side of Columbia Road just after the Store 24 [sorry meant to say a Tedeschi’s 24 hour store at Edward Everett Square. This is just after the 12 foot bronze pear.