It appears that a house has occupied this site since about 1633, and possibly today's house was its enlargement. Although there is no solid evidence for this possibility, the Clapp family genealogy records that such a first house was built circa 1633 by Roger Clapp, one of Dorchester's original settlers in 1630, and then rebuilt and enlarged by his descendant Lemuel Clap in 1767.[2] On the other hand, the Historical Society also has evidence that the earlier house was built by the Ward family at the beginning of the 18th century.
There seems little doubt, however, that today's house was substantially constructed by Lemuel Clap in 1767. The house was purchased by Historical Society in 1945, and moved several hundred yards from Willow Court to its current location in 1957. Its rooms currently contain items from the Society's historical collection.
The houses of the Dorchester Historical Society are open on the second Sunday of the month from 11 am to 4 pm.
^The Clapp Memorial, Record of the Clapp Family in America, Ebenezer Clapp, David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1876
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captain, lemuel, clap, house, 1767, historic, house, located, boston, street, dorchester, massachusetts, owned, dorchester, historical, society, which, opens, house, tours, afternoons, month, clapp, houses, owned, society, that, listed, national, register, his. The Captain Lemuel Clap House 1767 is a historic house located at 199 Boston Street Dorchester Massachusetts It is now owned by the Dorchester Historical Society which opens the house for tours two afternoons per month It is one of two Clapp Houses owned by the society that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places Captain Lemuel Clap HouseU S Historic districtContributing propertyCaptain Lemuel Clap HouseLocationBoston MACoordinates42 19 23 3 N 71 3 39 8 W 42 323139 N 71 061056 W 42 323139 71 061056Built1765Architectural styleColonial FederalPart ofClapp Houses ID74000911 1 Added to NRHPMay 2 1974It appears that a house has occupied this site since about 1633 and possibly today s house was its enlargement Although there is no solid evidence for this possibility the Clapp family genealogy records that such a first house was built circa 1633 by Roger Clapp one of Dorchester s original settlers in 1630 and then rebuilt and enlarged by his descendant Lemuel Clap in 1767 2 On the other hand the Historical Society also has evidence that the earlier house was built by the Ward family at the beginning of the 18th century There seems little doubt however that today s house was substantially constructed by Lemuel Clap in 1767 The house was purchased by Historical Society in 1945 and moved several hundred yards from Willow Court to its current location in 1957 Its rooms currently contain items from the Society s historical collection The houses of the Dorchester Historical Society are open on the second Sunday of the month from 11 am to 4 pm References edit National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service January 23 2007 The Clapp Memorial Record of the Clapp Family in America Ebenezer Clapp David Clapp amp Son Boston 1876External links editDorchester Historical Society Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Captain Lemuel Clap House amp oldid 1168953735, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,