A postcard showing the Boylston Villa in Princeton, Massachusetts. Ward Nicholas Boylston built Boylston Villa as a summer home in 1819 on the former Governor Gill estate. Construction was overseen by Asher Benjamin, the author of "The Practical House Carpenter." (1789) and an architect from the Charles Bulfinch firm. Changes to the Villa were made in 1853 when Boylston's daughters were married. Along with the house, the original eight-seater, two-door octagonal outhouse still exists on the property today.
Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
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