Category Archives: Brackett Street

235 Brackett Street

Built ca: 1864 for Joseph and Mary Walker.

A brick Italianate on the corner of Brackett and Walker Streets in the West End Historic District.

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Glimpses. 67 Gray Street

The short block of Gray Street from Brackett to Winter is home to an eclectic blend of 19th-century houses in varying states of repair.

I, of course, am drawn to the house in the ‘worse’ condition.

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In Focus. Charles Quincy Clapp. Part 2. A Period of Domesticity

Welcome to part two of a focused look at the life and works of Charles Quincy Clapp. In part one, I looked at his early years and some of his earliest, mostly commercial, works. In this section, I am going to focus in CQ’s domestic work, both for himself and as part of the family’s investments.

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