Lemuel Clapp House plaque

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Plaque by The Bostonian Society commemorating the Lemuel Clapp House in Dorchester. The dark green plaque is hung on the yellow picket fence surrounding the yard of the Lemuel Clapp House. It reads, "This gambrel-roofed colonial house was built about 1710 by descendants of Roger Clap, one of Dorchester's original settlers. The Claps settled here on the rich farm lands of Dorchester Neck, a district soon noted for its fine orchards. "" In 1767, the simple two-room homestead was purchased by a cousin, Lemuel Clapp. Lemuel, who later served in the Revolution, re-modeled the house as a country mansion. In 1957, the house was moved 200 yards from its location on nearby Willow Court to its present site and restored to its conjectured original appearance by the Dorchester Historical Society."