In 1930, Kenneth and Ruth Wakefield bought an old colonial house on Bedford Street in Whitman, Massachusetts. At the time, the house was located on a toll road about halfway between Boston and New Bedford, Massachusetts. Because it was located on the toll road, the Wakefields called it the Toll House Inn. The Wakefields advertised that the house was built in 1709, but some people claimed the ho...
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