Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1737
An advertisement for rhe newly-built Ridgehaven Inn appeared in the Blue Book of Dorchester for 1913. The 1910 atlas shows the lot at 143 Tonawanda Street as vacant, so the house was built after the map was prepared but before the 1913 Blue Book was published. Mrs. Minnie B. Beals, who owned the land prior to the construction of the building, was the proprietor of the Inn.
The lower photo is the appearance as of March 7th, 2012.
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