Community Corner
Twenty-sixth Week, Sunday's "Medfield Historical Minute"
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A Medfield Historical Minute...
This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.
"Boston socialite Helen McElwain and children Dorothy and William McElwain summered in the 55 Elm Street “Holiday Farm” estate while having a permanent residence at 390 Beacon Street in Boston. Before his death, her husband, J.F. McElwain, made his money in the shoe business when he joined with Frank Melville to form the Thos McAn Shoe Company. In 1916 the so-called social wedding of the year took place with the marriage of Dorothy McElwain to John Cleveland Talbot of Milton. The wedding took place here in the First Parish Church, with Rev. George Gordon of the new Old South Church, Boston officiating. The reception was held at Holiday Farm."
