Forty Eighth Week, Saturday's "Medfield Historical Minute"

Medfield MA

19 February, 2021

10:30 PM

Description

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. "James Clark was known throughout this region, in the early part of the 1800s, as a musician and instructor in dancing. He lived for several years on South Street. He kept a tavern, from 1835-1842, on the spot where town hall now stands; removed to Dedham and kept a tavern at the Phoenix House in Dedham Center. He returned to Medfield and died here in 1861."