17-19 Boston St

17-19 Boston St

Originally part of the Green, this parcel was pared off to make room for Nicholas Hughes, a blacksmith, in 1670. The house was originally built in 1744 and owned by Betts. In 1902 the building was purchased by Markham who took off the east wing and moved it to the back yard and then built Markham Building. When excavating Markham found ashes and cinders from an ancient forge. In 1935 the remaining section of the original building, after serving as a garage with gas pumps our front on the sidewalk, was replaced by Markham with a building that housed a grocery store and now a dry-cleaning business. From Edith Nettleton and Sarah McCulloch

Edith B. Nettleton Historical Room Collection

Guilford Free Library

Call Number: 7hh

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