Elisha Knight Homestead, 170 Franklin St., Stoneham, MA (C 1750)STN.16. This house was the homestead of Elisha Wright in the mid-eighteenth century and later passed into the Green family, who had large landholdings in the Franklin Street area. At the turn of the nineteenth century, the property was owned by the Outram family.
Locke – Baldwin – Kinsley House, 45 Green St., Stoneham MA (C 1744)STN.79. 45 Green Street was first owned by the Locke family, whose, property holdings extended to Bow Street and beyond. It was purchased in 1867 by Micah B. Baldwin. Micah was a saddler and harnessmaker and returned to Stoneham after the Civil War to set up business. The shop ell on the south end of the house was probably used by former occupants as a shoe shop.
Millard – Souther – Green House, 218 Green St., Stoneham MA (C 1700) STN.65. One of a handful of surviving early eighteenth-century houses in Stoneham, this residence was built by Thomas Millard of Reading. It was sold to the Souther family in 1725, and later to members of the Green family. The Millard-Souther-Greeh House is mentioned by all the early historians of the town: Dean, Stevens, and Buckman, as an early landmark.
Peter Green House, 49 Perkins St., Stoneham MA; (1751) STN.10. Green Lane (Now Perkins ) was the site of several houses belonging to the Green family. This house is mentioned in several histories as the home of Peter Green. The Green family settled primarily in the eastern portion of town, along Green, Green Lane, and Spring Street.
Jonathan Green House, 63 Perkins St., Stoneham MA (C 1720) STN.9. Jonathan Green came from Malden in the early part of the eighteenth century. Captain Jonathan Green (1719-1795), Jonathan’s son, was a delegate to the Concord convention of 1786 and to Boston in 1788 to ratify the constitution.
17th & 18th Century Houses of Essex County, Massachusetts 