William Clapp House

William Clapp House

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caption =Scan of a photo used in a holiday greeting card in the 1990s. Postcard from the Dorchester Atheneum. [ [http://www.dorchesteratheneum.org Dorchester Atheneum ] ]
location= Boston, MA
lat_degrees = 42 | lat_minutes = 19 | lat_seconds = 12.22 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71 | long_minutes = 3 | long_seconds = 24.87 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1765
architecture= Colonial, Federal
added = May 02, 1974
governing_body = Private
refnum=74000911 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
The William Clapp House (1806) is a historic house located at 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts. It is the headquarters of the [http://dorchesterhistoricalsociety.org Dorchester Historical Society] and contains many items from the society's collections.

The house was built in 1806 for the marriage of William Clapp (March 3, 1779 - February 29, 1860), son of Capt. Lemuel and Rebecca (Dexter) Clap who built the nearby Captain Lemuel Clap House. The younger Clapp followed his father's business with the largest tannery in Dorchester.

Later in life, Clapp devoted his time to his farm and the development of many varieties of pears. The most notable was Clapp’s Favorite, developed in 1820 and marketed by 1860. It remains in wide commercial use today.

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