Dedham Community House

[3] The rooms on the first floor feature high ceilings, long French windows, tiled fireplaces, carved mahogany mantles and moldings, and original chandeliers.

[4] The front door handle features a hex mark designed to keep witches and fire from harming the house.

[7] Lincoln then walked to the Temperance Hall where he gave a speech promoting Zachary Taylor's bid for the White House.

[7] The Roxbury Gazette, for example, called it "a melancholy display" while journalist George Moore said Lincoln was "all the time gaining on his audience.

"[7] The crowd asked him to stay longer, but Lincoln left when he heard the nearby train whistle as he had other engagements that evening.