NORWOOD, Feb. 17—The historic Willard Dean House at Dean and Pleasant sts., built about 1700 and one of the oldest buildings in the town, was razed last night by a fire of undetermined origin.
Finding the 1-1/2 story wooden structure enveloped in flames when they arrived, firemen confined their efforts to preventing the blaze from spreading to the nearby Morrill Ink Works. The Dean House has been unoccupied for about two years and most of its antiques had been removed by the Norwood Historical Society.
Tue, Feb 17, 1942 – The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts)
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