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Bird-Sawyer Homestead

Suffolk County · dedicated 1930 · Humphreys Street, Dorchester · location approximate

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Homestead occupied since 1637 by Thomas Bird and his descendants, soldiers and public servants. It served as American Army headquarters during the fortifying of Dorchester Heights in March, 1776.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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