Suffolk Resolves House
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Suffolk Resolves House |
| Once the home of Daniel and Rachel Smith Vose, it long had stood at the present site of the Citizens Bank on Adams Street, in Milton Village. A commodious colonial house, it was referred to as the “Birthplace of American Liberty” when the Suffolk Resolves were ratified in the house in 1774, then were carried by courier Paul Revere to the Provincial Congress, and became a key influence in the development of our nation’s independence from England. A private residence for much of the nineteenth century, it later was used for commercial purposes, among them the Luther R. Gibson Plumbing Shop and the Charles W. Stiles Electrical Shop. A book drop of the Milton Public Library was located on the second floor after the library was moved to Milton Centre in 1904. The house, to avoid demolition, was moved in 1950 to a corner of the Ayer Estate on Canton Avenue, and the house is now the headquarters of the Milton Historical Society. |