[MassHistPres] Does anyone know of plans from around 1820 for building a two over two workman's cottage

[annelusk at gmail.com]

Dear All,

      I am attempting to write a book about "Hart's Content," the area in
Brookline where workman's two over two cottages were moved in 1870 for lower
income primarily Irish Catholic families.
https://www.brooklinema.gov/DocumentCenter/View/25192/Draft-SR_Harts-Content
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     Here is a picture of these cottages on Hart Street that measure 16.5
feet in width.
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    I recently visited Cambridge Antiques and had the choice of walking on
nearby Winter Street that also contains workman's cottages. I "paced" all
these cottages (one foot in front of the other - thankfully it was dark but
any observer would have said, "That is one of those weird preservation
people"). These cottages are about 16.5 feet in width and have a main door
that is on the side, as on Hart Street.
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     So often, houses of the wealthy have been well documented while details
about working class houses are harder to find.  Benjamin Bradley built many
of these workman cottages to house lower income families in Brookline (30 on
Bradley Hill) and Jamaica Plain and he must have used a set of plans due to
the regularity of the framing.  

     Does anyone have leads for finding the pattern that housewrights would
have used, starting around 1820, for such a cottage?

With much appreciation and wishes for a Happy New Year,

Anne

 

Anne Lusk, Ph.D. 

18 Hart Street, Brookline, MA 02445 

Boston University Metropolitan College Lecturer - Urban Agriculture

617-879-4887 h

617-872-9201 c

https://sites.bu.edu/anne-lusk/

 

 

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