Dorchester Illustration no. 2257 Pierce Building at Upham’s Corner
Anthony Sammarco has pointed out a mistake in last week’s Illustration. The house in the picture was not the Upham house but the Samuel B. Pierce House exactly across Columbia Road from Bellevue Street at the corner of Glendale. The house is on the opposite side of the street than I thought. The house was designed by John A. Fox and built between 1874 and 1879. The family moved from the corner of Columbia Road and Dudley Street, where their former house was demolished in 1898-1899 to make way for the S.B. Pierce Bulding constructed in 1899.
The S.B. Pierce Building appears in the center of today’s illustration. Postcard. Caption on front: Uphams Corner, Dorchester, Mass. 1496 On verso: Pub. by German Novelty Co., Boston, Mass. ca. 1910