40 Bayard Street

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This multi-family house was built in 1890 and rises two stories to an asphalt roof. A renovation was performed in 2002.

The 1925 City Directory lists Ernest Brown, a shipper; Edward Nazzaro, a clerk; Mrs. Ida Pearson, the widow of Benjamin Pearson; and Thomas Smith, an engineer for the Boston & Albany Railroad, as residents of this house.

The 1925 Bromley Atlas shows T. and L. Smith as the owners of this house.

In 1930 this house was owned by Thomas Smith, a 59-year old railroad locomotive engineer from Canada. Thomas lived with his 50-year old wife Laura, his 51-year old sister-in-law Ida Peerson, and his 43-year old niece Myrtle Nelson who worked as a maid. Ernest Brown, a 53-year old shipper of structural iron, rented part of this house for $35 a month. Ernest lived with his 55-year old wife Ida, his 20-year old daughter Doris who worked as a billing clerk for an iron works, and his 28-year old niece Eva Burbank who worked as a secretary in a silk mill. The building was valued at $6,500.