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5 Highland Street.
1840 Austin Metcalf (bootmaker)
Before1820, this house lot was part of woodland acreage owned by Ralph
Mann. When Ralph died his heirs sold his land northwest of the West Parish Meetinghouse, broken into individual lots.
The first building recorded on a deed for this location was a slaughterhouse owned by Noah Coombs in 1837.
In 1840, Austin
Metcalf, brother of Samuel Metcalf (2 Highland), bought the ½ acre property and built his Homestead and dwelling house there. His
wife, Melinda, died in1854. When Austin died in 1886, his property consisted of the ½ acre house lot, the house, a barn,
and 6 acres of sproutland. The estate was left to his nephews and niece: Samuel Newman Metcalf, Lucius M Pierce,
and Laura A. Pierce. (Probate 24904). They sold the homestead lot to Milton A Fales (583:343).
12-26-1840 Norfolk County Deed: 132:62
Luther Adams to Austin Metcalf, ½ acre on the road
to Holliston. No building listed on deed.
1886 Norfolk county Deed: 583:343
Samuel Newman Metcalf, Lucius M Pierce, and Laura A. Pierce to Milton A Fales.
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