63 Windham Center Road
63 Windham Center Road · adapted after 1976
The surviving carriage house of a larger Italianate residence destroyed by fire was refurbished and enlarged into the present home.
Map 5 · 11 stops
Windham Center Road
A southward run along Windham Center Road, mixing colonial houses, Greek Revival landmarks, and twentieth-century adaptations.
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Original WPI order
Stops on this tour
73 Windham Center Road
73 Windham Center Road · c. 1928
A one-and-a-half-story house with a central stone chimney, steep gables, dormers, and low side additions.
J. Smith House
77 Windham Center Road · c. 1740
A five-bay Cape with a center chimney; later shingles conceal the clapboards but much of the early structure survives.
Mirtl House
87 Windham Center Road · c. 1930
Originally built as a gambrel-roofed garage with an upstairs apartment, then converted to full residential use in the 1980s.
E. S. Yerganson House
97 Windham Center Road · c. 1820
An early nineteenth-century house with a rear barn; the Yerganson family included a White House interior decorator.
Hawthorn House
103 Windham Center Road · c. 1933
A T-shaped house whose north wing once housed the Hawthorn Press publishing operation.
Jared Smith House
111 Windham Center Road · c. 1765
A saltbox altered over time, including relocation of the main entrance and additions of dormers, porches, and a garage.
E. Clark House
104 Windham Center Road · c. 1835
A five-bay Greek Revival with end chimneys, a Doric porch, rear ell, and later garage.
100 Windham Center Road
100 Windham Center Road · c. 1926
A Dutch Colonial-style house with a modified gambrel roof, broad front dormer, and a small portico.
Joshua Ripley / Charles Taintor House
80 Windham Center Road · c. 1790 / 1840
An older block was joined to a larger brick section and remodeled in Greek Revival fashion, producing one of the road’s most imposing façades.
Old Schoolhouse Site / 46 Windham Center Road
46 Windham Center Road · current house c. 1965
The present house stands on the old schoolhouse site; WPI’s historic photograph looks north from here toward the Inn and church.
Sources & further reading
Where this history comes from
Windham Preservation Inc. tour maps National Park Service — Windham Center Historic District Windham Center Historic District overview
Stop-specific descriptions are adapted from Windham Preservation Inc.’s published tour materials. Supplemental links add context where a reliable external source is available.