Site of First House
1630 - 1930
Built in 1640 by Edward Converse, who led the party sent out by Charlestown to explore "Waterfield." Selectman twenty-four years, deacon nineteen years, arrested in 1662 for speaking disrespectfully of the King's letter.
Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Converse Place, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
