When Helen E. Field, from Conway, Mass., married Lyman D. James, life-long Williamsburg resident, at twenty, she began her long benevolent association with the town. She lived next to the Williamsburg Congregational Church, and across from the family business, the James General Store, on North Main Street for 20 years, until Mr. James built this large, impressive residence just up the street in about 1890. The mansion was built on the site of what was known as the Lewis Bodman home, which was moved to North Street. The house is in the “Shingle Style” with the namesake shingles on the exterior and the characteristic front broad gable and round turret and quirky asymmetrical design. Even today it looks spacious, light, and airy with the wrapping veranda and many large windows. It remains an impressive house in the center of town. Daria D’Arienzo, Meekins Archivist. #throwbackthursday; #tbt
Posted to Facebook 7/29/2021
