280 Bridge Street

Myron Day, a farmer, purchased a large parcel of land fronting on Bridge St. and running northerly to Bates St. about 1880. This house was built as his homestead shortly thereafter. In 1886 he filed a subdivision plan for a new street (originally called Beacon St., but later changed to Day Ave.) to run through his land from Bridge St. to Bates St. At the time this was the most easterly street for residential purposes, along Bridge St. The Massachusetts Central Railroad, whose line opened in 1887, and ran easterly from the main north-south line in the center of town, built a bridge across the Connecticut River just north of the Bridge St. bridge. The tracks ran roughly parallel to Bridge St. and opened up many development opportunities.

The house is two and a half stories in height with gable end to the street. The western side has a two-story, three-sided bay, while the facade has a full-length porch on the first floor and a smaller porch on the second floor. The larger porch has a hipped roof, turned posts and cut-out brackets.

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