NHS - The Great Fire of 1874

Natick Historical Society and Museum

58 Eliot Street, Natick, Massachusetts 01760

Buildings Lost to the Great Fire of 1874

Map #	Building
1	Sherman's block
2	J. B. Walcott's block
3	Dwelling house and barn, and shop owned by J. H. Task (Rebecca Task)
4	W. A. Leighton Provisions
5	T. E. Walcott's market
6	Old Town Hall & lockup
7	Old Methodist Church, (owned by town)
8	Two story building, occupied by E. Cozzens. In the rear of Methodist Church
9	House, small cottage, formerly a parsonage
10	Summer Street House occupied by Eben Hanchett, Summer St.
11	Building of S. O. Daniels
12	Nathan Clark’s new block
13	Building occupied by E. Clark, grocer (adjoining Clark’s new block)
14	Edward Clark’s block
15	Dwelling owned by E. H. Walcott, in the rear of Clark’s block
16	Building of Peter Hogan
17	Dwelling occupied by P. Hogan (adjoining Peter Hogan’s block)
18	Hook & Ladder house, Victor Engine Co. No. 1
19	Woodbury’s block
20	Rice block
21	Winch block (AKA Union block)
22	Congregational Church
23	Citizens Exchange building
24	Building of A. W. Burks
25	Building of Willard Curtis Childs
26	Childs’s Stitching Factory
27	Building in rear of Stitching Factory, owned by Childs, occupied by E. B. Saunders
28	Number of buildings in the center of the square, owned by E. McManus
29	Dwelling of Samuel A. Forrestall
30	James Adam’s coffins show room
31	Building of John A. McMunn
32	Building owned by J. W. Morse, three stories, occupied by W. D. Parlin
33	Dwelling of Olive Bartlett (adjoining Congregational Church)
34	Building owned by Mary Bartlett, used as a Bake House
35	Dwelling house of Mrs. Smith, a double tenement