Obadiah Spencer, an Essex merchant, built a house on Pratt Street in 1826. Later in financial trouble, he sold the house in 1831 to ship carpenter Richard Hill. Owned in the 1840s by a group of Baptists who were considering making it a church rectory, the house was later a rental property. Much expanded over the years, it has more recently been made into condominiums. Note: This post was written on 09/02/2011 and backdated so that there would be a regular post for 04/01/2009 as well as an April Fool’s Post.
Obadiah Spencer House (1826)