This picture of “the Old Day House” appeared in the Springfield Republican newspaper in 1909. The Day family was among the most prominent families in West Springfield, Massachusetts, and Josiah Day built this substantial house in 1754. It is said that his nephew, Captain Luke Day, made his headquarters here during the series of protests that became known as Shays’ Rebellion (Augugst 1786-July 1787). In 1903, the last of the surviving “Day Sisters” sold the house to the newly formed Ramapogue Historical Society with the stipulation that it be used as a museum. The house is located beside the old common, where the First Church and schoolhouse stood, and where Captain Day drilled his Regulators in 1786.
[Photograph of Luke Day’s headquarters from the “Springfield Republican”.] Springfield Republican, May 30, 1909. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l04-048/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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