This house, at 24 Common Street, was built in 1904 by Daniel Brown, owner of the Wrentham Straw Works, for his son, Charles. Charles' widow sold it to Charles MacDougald, for many years the cashier of the National Bank of Wrentham. It later became the Maples Nursing Home. The second Wrentham Straw Works (The first had burned to the ground) can be seen in the rear. It burned to the ground in 1933. . .

This photograph was taken about 1890 from the steps of the Congregational Church. From left to right around the common one can see the Straw Works, Redding's Store, Daniel Farrington's house, Hiram Cowell's converted barn, the Procter block and the National Bank building. On the common one can see the bandstand looking as if it were standing on a single pole.