The house at 85 Townsend St. (formerly 7 Hudson Court) in 2021
Before he bought his house on Hobson Avenue, Major Taylor was a boarder at 7 Hudson Court, now 85 Townsend St.
Before that he had stayed at 13 Parker St. with the family of Benjamin Walker, a friend from the Albion Cycle Club.
The red dot shows 7 Hudson Court on an 1896 map. The widest street on this part of the map is Park Avenue. (Worcester 1896, L.J. Richards & Co.)
Taylor is listed as a boarder at 7 Hudson Court in a 1900 directory, presumably from information collected before he bought his own house in January 1900. (Worcester Directory 1900, Fred A. Mann & Company)
