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HISTORY OF COHASSET. 



It is said by descendants that at least a part of the 

 original house is now included in the enlarged building 

 known as the Norfolk House. 



This house has only a fragment that is so old ; but 

 probably the oldest complete house now standing is the 

 Lincoln dwelling upon South Main Street, where Morde- 

 cai Lincoln is supposed to have built it for his son Isaac 

 as early as 171 7. 



Photo, Florence R. Rhodes. 



Lincoln Homestead, South Main Street. 

 Built about 1717 by Mordecai Lincoln, ancestor of President Abraham Lincoln. 



Next to this probably is a part of the home of Robert 

 T, Burbank on King Street nearly opposite the old cellar 

 of Hezekiah Tower. The back part of this house stands 

 over an old cellar wholly separate from the front cellar, 

 which itself dates back fully a century and a half. This 

 rear part is thought to have been built as early as the 

 year 1720. 



