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The Historic House Plaque Program was initiated in 2000 to increase an interest in old houses and to dignify the signage by making it consistently attractive and recognizable.
Residents pay $50.00 to Ould Colony Artisans for the plaque itself but receive a research packet compiled by a member of the Historical Commission including copies of pertinent deeds, maps, news articles pertaining to the property or the former residents as well as obituaries that provide interest and insight into the people who actually lived in the house.
The plaque would allow neighbors and visitors a glimpse into the history of the house by noting the date of completion along with the name and occupation of the original owner. |
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Built by Ezra Carpenter, Jr.
Yeoman
1824
Ezra Carpenter, Jr. was the son of Ezra Carpenter who answered the call of the militia in 1775 and was among the troops who crossed the Delaware with George Washington that Christmas Eve. His son purchased the lot in 1824 ju st prior to his marriage to Eliza Belcher and built a Cape that would eventually see the birth of 7 children, 3 of which died in infancy. His occupation was Yeoman, "one who farms his own land". He also became a Selectman among other town positions. His son David Carpenter became Superintendent of Rock Hill Cemetery. The property was later owned by the Witschi family who ran the Witschi Dairy.
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Built by Linus Carpenter
Bonnet Presser and Yeoman
1829
Linus Carpenter’s house was built on Central Street but when town officials wanted to build the Carpenter School at the current site of the Senior Center, Linus had his house turned around and moved to what eventually became Shaw Place.
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Built for Alvan Fales
Blacksmith
1835
Alvan Fales acquired this property from his brother Alfred who owned many acres in the Main Street section of town and may have built the Cape style house for his brother. The blacksmith shop stood for many years eventually converted to a garage before being torn down. |
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Built for Edmund A. Forrest
Straw Hatter
1867
Moved to this site in 1926
Edmund A. Forrest originally built this house around the corner on Granite Street. In 1926, a Bristol family member of The Foxboro Company fame bought the property and had the house moved to its present location on the corner of Union and Granite Streets. |
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Built by George H. Josselyn
Carpenter & Firefighter
1899
George Josselyn, a carpenter, had just completed his home when, as a firefighter, he responded to the fire at the Union Straw Works, the biggest hat factory in the world. In June 1900, just several days later, the tragic Town House fire erupted and again he responded. He and others were seriously injured when the bell tower collapsed. He was carried to his new home where he died, leaving a wife and two children. "Substantial sympathy" to the widow and children was offered by the fire department who gave their time to grade and seed the lawn and lay out walkways.
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Built for Elias B. Paine
Merchant
1851
The Paine and Hodges families have ties to this basic Greek Revival style house built by Elias B. Paine, a merchant from Boston and most likely related to the Foxborough Paine family. So numerous were the Paines that the area later called Foxvale was then called "Paineburg". Spencer P. Hodges, a local young man employed by Paine in Boston, bought the property from him in 1854, which then consisted of 3 ½ acres and "buildings".
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Built for Susan Payson
1857
 This was the first plaque in our Program displayed with a woman’s name. Susan, a "singlewoman", was the daughter of Phillips Payson and granddaughter of Swift Payson, Foxborough’s first Town Clerk. She purchased the land to build her house from her brother-in-law, Daniels Carpenter who was the father of E.P. Carpenter a leader in the building of the Straw-hat industry in town.
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Built for John H. Pond
Florist
1895
John H. Pond was a commercial florist who, with a partner, established the green houses on Garfield Street under the name of Pond and Plimpton. Mr. Pond afterward built and operated a green house on Clark Street where he developed a variety of carnations called Lillian Pond carnations (named after his wife).
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