Caryl House Opens Its Doors For Historical Tours
Historical preservationist Bill Finch points out the house's uniqueness and structural integrity.
On this beautiful past Sunday afternoon members of the Dover Historical Society donned 18th century period clothing and welcomed residents into the historic Benjamin Caryl House on Dedham Street in Dover. Historic preservationist Bill Finch was on hand to give tours of the house and to explain its uniqueness to the era and some of the house’s structural needs. Finch revealed to the tour-goers that the exact date of the construction of the house is unknown. The Dover Historical Society believes it to be 1777 because of a poem written by Caryl’s granddaughter in 1877 stating that the house was a century old. “The only basis for the exact date is the poem,” Finch said. Later on the tour, Finch suggested the use of dendro-chronology on some …
