Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
DOC 1986.20 |
Title |
G. Edward Smith Deeds Collection |
Collection |
Deeds Collection |
Object Name |
Records |
Scope & Content |
This collection consists of 14 packets or folders including deeds and related papers for Winchester and neighboring properties, plus one family property. Eight of the deed packets are for lots in Winchester Park, a development in the area of Harvard and Irving Streets. Two are for Hillcrest, bordering the Middlesex Fells. |
Admin/Biographical History |
George Edward Smith (1840-1917) was a real estate developer who resided in Brookline during his professional lifetime, following his start in business in Worcester. As witnessed by the deeds in this collection and by newspaper notices, he engaged in real estate transactions in Winchester, at least from the 1880s through 1916. The deeds were donated to the Winchester Historical Society by his granddaughter Ann Hobbs Harwood. Winchester Park was a residential subdivision planned in the 1880s. Formerly agricultural, the land was owned by farmer Joseph Stone prior to 1849 when Frederick O. Prince (1818-1899) purchased it on speculation. It was acquired a year later by local merchant and real estate developer Jerome B. Judkins (c. 1822-1896). After Judkins defaulted on mortgages and filed for bankruptcy in 1876, Smith acquired the land. A flyer advertising lots for sale in Winchester Park through G. Marlon Keene of Boston appeared about 1891-92. |
Copyrights |
Permission to publish material from this collection is subject to approval by the Town of Winchester. |
Finding Aids |
A finding aid with detailed information about the collection's contents is available. Please contact the Archives for more information. |
Subjects |
Deeds |
Search Terms |
Hillcrest Winchester Park Lincoln Street |
People |
Clark, John H. Clark, R. Bruce Flibott, Fred T. Good, Fenwick W. Humphrey, John B. Lynde, A. Selwyn Lynde, Alonzo V. Quill, David U. Savage, Henry W. Smith, George Edward |
Containers |
Medford & Winchester, Estate in W. Medford Lincoln Street Metropolitan Park Commission Hillcrest 1899-1900 Hillcrest 1898-1913 Winchester Park, 1895 Winchester Park, 1893 Winchester Park, 1893 Winchester Park, 1893 Winchester Park, 1893 Winchester Park, 1893 Winchester Park, 1898 Winchester Park, 1901 Brockton Heights, Plymouth Co. |