35 Brooks Street

This house was built sometime before 1925.

The 1916 Bromley Atlas shows Edna Pope as the owner of the empty lot where this house was built.

The 1925 City Directory lists Selwyn Towne, a machinist, as a resident of this house.

The 1925 Bromley Atlas shows E.I. Towne as the owner of this wood-frame house.

In 1930 this house was owned by Selwin Towne, a 45-year old machinist in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Selwin lived with his 46-year old wife Elizabeth and their four children: 25-year old Selwin Junior, an architect for an iron works; 19-year old Helen, an accountant; 16-year old Robert; and 3-year old Priscilla. The building was valued at $7,000.