Henry Hubbard Fitch (1833-1888) was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, but made Roxbury, Massachusetts his home. He moved to Boston at an early age and later entered into business with Francis V. B. Kern under the firm Kern & Fitch, working as a conveyancer. By 1873, he was also a justice of the peace, notary public, and was Boston manager of the Equitable Mortgage Company. In about 1870, he and his wife, Eliza Anne, had this charming Second Empire style cottage built in the Washington Park neighborhood of Roxbury, a fashionable part of the “suburbs” at the time. They would later relocate, before Henry died in 1888 at the age of 55. The handsome residence was owned in the 20th century by Jessie G. Garnett (1897-1976), who is said to have been Boston’s first Black woman dentist and the first Black woman to graduate from the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. The house is one of the best preserved in the neighborhood and a survivor from the wrecking ball that destroyed much of Washington Park.
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Subsequently the longtime home of Dr. Katherine Jessie Gideon Garnett, Tufts Dental Class of 1919, of the Nova Scotia Gideons, first Black female dentist in Boston and community activist. The house was restored in the early 2000s by restoration builder Dominic Calautti. The four brick chimneys were removed and the portico expanded with added pillars.
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Ah! Thank you for this addition, I will update the post
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Great!I mistakenly transposed first & middle names, the correct name isDr Jessie Katherine Gideon Garnett Ty ty
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