[1] Lilley Eaton's, Genealological History Of The Town Of Reading, Mass., claims the property first settled in 1644 by Nicholas Brown, one of Redding's (old spelling) first settlers.

[4] While a Colonel in the Continental Army, Benjamin Brown served under General Horatio Gates at Fort Ticonderoga in 1776, a seat of war during the American Revolution.

[4] Colonel Forrester was a feisty war veteran and rum imbiber who had a reputation for cutting up the drawing room furniture with his rapier when retelling accounts of past military campaigns.

[4] A titan in the business world, Beebe's interests extended into cotton, leather, lumber, real estate, and banking.

By 1870 Lucius Beebe had acquired over 230 properties in Middlesex County alone by way of direct conveyance and through the Wakefield Real Estate & Building Association to which he was president.

Interior embellishments, leading one to think McIntire, include triple-carved balusters, and an elliptical archway supported by fluted pilasters and topped with an “S” scroll keystone.

However, further analysis by the SPNEA, coupled with Chelsea tile facings (1878–1907) and other Victorian elements on several of the upstairs chimney pieces, reveals a major renovation of the late 19th century presumably inspired by Junius Beebe and a knowledgeable architect.