Timeline of Events
Benjamin Clark receives a deed from Joseph, his father, and
builds a house.
Benjamin’s house is completely burned by King Philip’s Indians.
Benjamin builds a new home between this date and 1680.
Benjamin either adds on to this house or builds a new one as a wedding gift to his youngest son, Seth, Sr.
Seth Clark, Sr. deeds house to his first son, Seth, Jr.
Faced with a dilapidating house, Seth, Jr. moves part of that house to its present location.
Oliver Clark, grandson of Seth, Jr., receives the deed.
Oliver mortgages the house to his mother Abigail/Nabby.
Nabby receives the deed from Oliver, who in 1818 was declared non compos mentis.
Nabby deeds (?) the house to Edward Breck of whom little is known.
Edward Breck mortgages the house to Samuel Johnson of whom little is known.
Edward Breck deeds the house to Charles Breck, his son.
Samuel Johnson discharges the deed to Charles Breck.
Charles Breck deeds the house to Daniel Adams, Esq, a prominent citizen of Medfield.
Upon his death, Daniel wills the house to his estate.
Michael Callahan receives the deed from the Daniel Adams estate.
Michael Callahan mortgages the house to Harriet (Madden) Clark whose husband Charles Everett Clark is unrelated to Benjamin Clark, the house’s first owner.
Harriet Clark discharges the deed to Peter Bouly of whom little is known.
Michael Callahan deeds the house to Peter Bouly.
Peter Bouly deeds the house to William Mason Smith.
Upon the death of William Mason Smith, the deed is administered to Frederick Mason Smith, his son.
Frederick Mason Smith deeds the house to Adeline Mason (Plimpton) Smith, his mother.
After Adeline’s death is 1906, her son, Frederick Mason Smith, receives the deed.
Frederick Mason Smith deeds the house to the Medfield Historical Society. The house is restored to a large extent by SPNEA (Society to Preserve New England Antiquities).
Peak House accepted on the National Register of Historic Places.
A property management agreement is signed by the Medfield Historical Society and the Peak House Heritage Center which gives the Center autonomy of facilities, operations, and programs.