Josiah Day House
The Josiah Day House is a historic house museum at 70 Park Street in West Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Built about 1754, it is believed to be the oldest known brick saltbox style house in the United States.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: West Springfield, MA, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Josiah Day House Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Meadow Cemetery and Big E Coliseum.
Old Meadow Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Rusty Clark, CC BY 2.0.
Old Meadow Cemetery is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Josiah Day House.
Big E Coliseum
Stadium
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Eastern States Coliseum, better known as the Big E Coliseum, is a 5,900-seat multi-purpose arena in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Big E Coliseum is situated 1 mile south of Josiah Day House.
Paramount Theater
Theater building
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Paramount Theater is an historic theater located at 1676-1708 Main Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1926 out of part of the grand Massasoit House hotel at a cost of over $1 million, the Paramount Theater was the most ornate picture palace in Western Massachusetts. Paramount Theater is situated 1¼ miles east of Josiah Day House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Springfield and Merrick.
West Springfield
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Springfield is a city in Hampden County in the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts. Often referred to as West Side, West Springfield is just west of Springfield, divided by the Connecticut River.
Merrick
Neighborhood
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Merrick is a neighborhood in the southeast corner of West Springfield, Massachusetts. Borders are, Park Ave to the north, Union St. and its industrial buildings to the west, and Bridge St. to the south and U.S. Route 5.
Brightwood
Suburb
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Brightwood neighborhood of Springfield, Massachusetts, is located in the northwest corner of the city, along the Connecticut River; however, it is separated from the rest of Springfield by the Interstate 91 elevated highway.
Josiah Day House
- Categories: house, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: City of West Springfield Town, Hampden, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.10702° or 42° 6′ 25″ northLongitude
-72.61826° or 72° 37′ 6″ westOpen location code
87J9494J+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2405699590OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6290462
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In Other Languages
“Josiah Day House” goes by many names.
- French: “Josiah Day House”
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