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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Meriam Street, early 1900's

Item

Title
Meriam Street, early 1900's
Description
"This house on Meriam Street in Greenwood was the home of John Kidney Ferris, left, his second wife Sara (Duchess) Ferris, standing next to him, and his daughter Eleanor Hutchinson Ferris, third from right. Eleanor later married into the Greene family. A larger dwelling which was built by a Capt. Newcomb occupied the site until it was destroyed by fire. The house was later rebuilt by Mr. Ferris." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 1993
Photo courtesy of Mrs. Donald Greene.
Contributor
Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)
D'Onofrio, Jayne M.
Coverage
Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
Meriam Street (Wakefield, Mass.)
Date
1900-1939
Format
image/jpeg
Publisher
Wakefield, Mass. : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department
Subject
Dwellings
Ferris, John Kidney
Ferris, Sara (Duchess)
Ferris, Eleanor Hutchinson
Type
still image
Photographs
Original Format
1 picture : b&w
Extent
17 x 26 cm.