Judge Samuel Day's House

Judge Samuel Day, born in 1752, built this house at 996 West Street in 1781. He died there on the 22nd of January, 1821 and is buried in the Wrentham Cemetery. He had been Judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. His daughter, Julia, was born here 29 November, 1796 and married there on 16 November, 1817, to Henry Leman . It is now the home of Esther Anderson, widow of E. Ross Anderson. Mrs. Anderson was a long time member of the Board of Directors of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.