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Landmarks Commission recommends designation for 1792 Bussey House in Dorchester
Summary
The Boston Landmarks Commission presented a study on April 3 recommending landmark status for the Captain John Bussey House (1203–1205 Adams St., Lower Mills), describing its Federal‑style architecture, Revolutionary‑era associations and a finding of no evidence linking Captain Bussey to the domestic slave trade.
The Boston Landmarks Commission on April 3 presented to the City Council’s planning committee its study report recommending the Captain John Bussey House at 1203–1205 Adams Street in Lower Mills, Dorchester, be designated a Boston Landmark.
Elizabeth Shaw, Deputy Director of Historic Preservation, and Jennifer Goglia, architectural historian for the Commission, said the house likely dates to about 1792, is one of the city’s surviving Federal‑style 18th‑century houses and…
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