"The Queen Anne house at 78 North Beacon Street was built for Yale educated lawyer Henry Baldwin c.1890. Baldwin was among the first graduates of Brighton High School, graduating in 1850. For many years he served as a judge with the Brighton District's Municipal Court. During the 1910s and 1920s, the William J. Johnson (occupation unknown) lived at 78 North Beacon Street. By 1930 Bartholomew Ford, a watchman at 140 Tremont Street, Boston, owned this property."
Source and more info: Brighton-Allston Historical Society
And I can add: Mr. Ford married, had 4 kids (three girls, one boy- Francis). Apparently none ever married or moved out? Helen Ford, the last of the family, passed away on the Cape in 2002. We've owned the house since July 17, 2003.
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