Old Salt Box House on North
Street in Grafton, MA
This house was built about 1735. The house is still there
today on North Street Grafton , a few houses beyond the present gramma
school. It was land originally Brigham's. Waldo Sessions bought this house
in 1936 from Theodore H. Clark Sr. & converted it as seen in magazine
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10-11-2002 up date----dickbolt@his.com
Photo Taken Oct. 2002 |
Photo Taken Oct. 2002 Sign on fence says "Odlaw House c.1730" |
Photo Taken Oct. 2002 |
The two magazine pages shown below on this house conversion were published in:
"House & Garden" magazine of June 1940. Click on each to expand & read !
This house was rebuilt by my grandfather Theodore Clark in 1930s, but was lost to Grafton Bank holding the mortgage. There are still many letters between my dad & bank manager trying to save the house. It was eventually lost & resold to Mr. Waldo Sessions of Worcester in 1940.. My dad bought the house on Carroll Rd, for Theodore Sr. & Clara to live till we came up to / back to Grafton in 1946. RBB
Theodor H. CLARK Sr. sold the salt box home in 1917 period & built another home for his family on the apple orchard area next to the salt box. He then sold the salt box. Yes I know there is a disjunct in info. here, and am working it to get complete story ! There is another house next door called the STANIS home that is related somehow ? Who built the house in 1735 period ? Who lived there through the years ? The alt box was the home of the BUXTON family for a while & likely that period of post 1917. Theordore's wife was a BUXTON from that family.IE, my grandmother. RBB
These photos below are likely out takes not used in article, but acquired by my mom.
Corner of the library in the remodeled house |
Living room . Has origional corner beams that are hand hewn of oak. |
Doorway to Odlaw ? |
Rear terrace. Heat loses its terror ? |
Rear terrace.Madonna from Carcaconne ? |
Horse hitch. Lawn jockey. |
Old saltbox house ( Prior to Conversion) where Lydia Pratt Buxton livedon North St.
Styles of Homes -- Salt Box
This simple but distinctive design, seen most often in New England where it originated, features a flat front and steeply sloped rear roof line. Usually of frame construction, saltbox houses come in many colors and sizes, and commonly feature a fireplace.
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