10 Highland Street.
A Cutler Row House. 8, 10, 12 Highland - Cutler Row Houses
built by Elisha Cutler before 1854. Cutler bought this land from Ralph Mann in 1824. These were boarding houses
for workers (mostly Irish) in the local factories.
2/20/1824 Norfolk County Deed: 72:193
Executors
for Ralph Mann (deceased) to Elisha Cutler, gentleman
11.25 acres “beginning from the road which leads from the West
Parish Meetinghouse to William Adams by land of Amos Shumway (bottom of Highland), hence run north by said Shumways land to
a stake and stones by Timothy Mann
(top of Mechanic), hence running N83W approximately 66 rods to said Road, hence running
southeast by said Road to corner first mentioned”. No buildings listed.
This is one of the Cutler Row Houses. 8, 10, 12 Highland -
Cutler Row Houses built by Elisha Cutler before 1854. Cutler bought this land from Ralph Mann in 1824. These were
boarding houses for workers (mostly Irish) in the local factories.
In 1854, Elisha Cutler built the 3 houses at 8,10,12 Highland. He
housed individuals and families who worked in Medways factories. Elisha was a yeoman farmer who lived at 201 Main Street
from 1825-29. In 1854 he was 63 years old with one son and heir Nathaniel age 29. He was having money troubles
and mortgaged the Cutler Row Houses to the “West Medway Loan Association” which for the most part consisted of
his friends and neighbors.
6/05/1855 Norfolk County Deed: 237:262
Mortgage Elisha Cutler to the West Medway Loan Fund Association (WMLFA).
“Cutler Row House No. 2” 13 rods deep by 5.5 rods wide.
6/29/1860 Norfolk County deed: 289:141
Mortgage
Elisha Cutler to the WMLFA. “Cutler Row House No.2”
9/01/1865 Norfolk County Deed: 335:78
WMLFA
to Elisha Cutler, yeoman “dwelling house No.2 in Cutler Row”
9/02/1865 Norfolk County Deed: 335:79
Elisha
Cutler to Charles H. Deans “dwelling house No.2 in Cutler Row”, “with the right to draw water from the well
standing between the houses No1 and No2”. Deans still owned this property in 1888.
