Parsonage - Dillaway/Thomas House

183 Roxbury St, Boston, MA 02119

Said to be one of the oldest buildings in Roxbury. Reverend Oliver Peabody originally built the house as a parsonage for the First Church of Roxbury. His successor Amos Adams was minister when the war broke out. Adams published two discourses on religious liberty in 1767 and died of dysentery on October 5, 1775, in Dorchester midway through the siege.

Due to its prime location at the top of a hill, the house became the headquarters for General John Thomas of the Continental Army during the siege of Boston. General George Washington may have held a meeting there while General Thomas managed the fortification of Dorchester Heights.

As stated in Francis S. Drake’s The Town of Roxbury:

The headquarters having, as we know, been on Meeting-House Hill, this would naturally be a most eligible situation, as from its rear windows Boston, the British works on the Neck, and even the heights of Charlestown were in full view. The battle of Bunker’s Hill and the conflagration of Charlestown were witnessed from its upper windows by the general and his officers.

After the war, the house’s ownership transferred to Charles K. Dillaway, an esteemed educator who later served as the superintendent of Roxbury schools. It is now headquarters for the Roxbury Heritage State Park.

What fruitage did these spiritual leaders produce? Mt 7:15-20. Consider John 17:16 vs Acts 20:29, 30. What would Jesus have said seeing this?

-Source Links-

https://www.nps.gov/places/dillaway-thomas-house.htm

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/siege-of-boston-map.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Adams