The Fred Holland Day House is located at 93 Day Street in Norwood, Massachusetts. It was originally built in 1859 for Lewis Day, a Boston tanner, and his wife Anna Day. Architect Benjamin F. Dwight designed the initial house in the Second Empire style, which featured a high mansard roof and cupola. Dwight also designed the nearby Oak View, which began in 1868.
Between 1890 and 1892, the house was rebuilt at the direction of the Days' son, F. Holland Day, a notable photographer and publisher. He hired architect J. Williams Beal to remodel the residence into the Tudor Revival style. The resulting structure is a 2+1/2-story wood-framed house with complex massing and a busy roofline with gables of various sizes.
The ground floor of the house is finished in stone, while the upper levels feature the half-timbering typical of the Tudor Revival style. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 1977, for its architecture and its association with F. Holland Day.
Today, the house houses the Norwood Historical Society and is open to the public for touring.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Kyle McLonely
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