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Forty Seventh Week, Sunday's "Medfield Historical Minute"
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A Medfield Historical Minute...
This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.
"In 1650 the original house lots of the first settlers were beginning to be laid out along Main Street. All lots were laid out so that the houses were all built on the north side, facing south (example today can be seen with the Peak House). This was due to the universal custom in those days of saving energy by having the front of the houses face the warm weather direction. Windows were also on the south facing side with few if any windows on the cold weather north facing wall. Not a house was built on the south side of Main Street for more than 100 years. Opposite each house was the “home field,” where the crops were grown."