When it was built in the early 1950s, this house was among the first split level houses in New England—if not the very first—and it was the first house built by Martin Cerel, who later developed large parts of Framingham and who later lived close nearby on the north side of Eliot St. It was custom built for Roger Williams, who was the manager of the Carling Brewery in the building at the corner of Route 9 and Speen St that for a while housed Boston Scientific. After 262 went up, Cerel built two "spec" houses on the lots to the west, neither quite as nice. On the other, east side was open field all the way to the 19th century farm house that stands six lots to the east, just beyond the secret back door to Broadmoor.
