Dr. Thomas Welch Blackburn was a country doctor who traveled to see patients. He also ran a practice in this house (the side door on the north side was the entrance). He was a charter member of the Washington County Medical Association, started the first hospital in the nearby town of Lincoln, and was the first surgeon in Lincoln. The house exhibits a transition from Queen Anne (massing and patterned shingle) to Colonial Revival (hipped roof and nearly symmetrical front porch) architecture. Dr. Blackburn was raised and trained in the medical field by his uncle, Dr. William Blackwell Welch. Note: This house is privately owned and not open to the public. Please do not disturb the owners.
Please continue to stop 10. It is going down the road right next to this stop all the way down.