Lemuel Clapp House - View this location on map The gambrel-roofed house was built about 1710 by descendants of Roger Clapp, one of Dorchester's original settlers. The Clapp family settled here on the rich farm lands of Dorchester Neck, a district soon noted for its fine orchards. In 1767, the simple two-room homestead was purchased by a cousin, Lemuel Clapp. Lemuel, who later served in the Revolution, remodeled the house as a country mansion. In 1957, the house was moved 200 yards from its location on nearby Willow Court to its present site and restored to its conjectured original appearance by the Dorchester Historical Society. 199 Boston St., Boston, MA Historical

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