Our Tavern

Bigelow Tavern is another West Boylston landmark. It was built in the 1770s and has served as an inn, a private dwelling, a turkey farm, and, most recently, home of our Historical Society. As I was attempting a straightforward shot of the place yesterday, I spotted a darling sparrow singing atop the street sign you see in the image. (The sparrow is there, too, if you look closely. Can you see him?) I instinctually lifted my camera to catch him on film and the image you see here is what I saw in my viewfinder. Something about it satisfies me more than the starightforward building shots I took. This is where I live, folks. A place that is home to old taverns and old churches and young sparrows and spent lilac bushes … and me.

You can read more about Bigelow Tavern here, where you’ll also see some (straightforward!) then-and-now images of the building itself.