The Lowell Sun (Sunday/Style), "Battles Home: 100 years of comfort and care"

Statements this record supports

C-008 — The property is one of three stone 'castles' in Lowell (with Faulkner Castle on Belmont Street and the Round House on Andover Street).
C-022 — The Battles Home for Aged Men was founded in 1901 by Mary (Mrs. James) Battles, who conveyed her house at 15 Belmont Street to trustees; it operated from April 1902. Lowell city directories for 1931–1956 place the home at 93 Rolfe Street, so it moved from Belmont Street to Rolfe Street before 1931 and from Rolfe Street to Fairmount Street in 1956–57. By 1966 the directory lists 'Battles Home for Aged Men Inc, Bailey Trull pres, Eric J Anderson treas, 236 Fairmount St' with five retired men as residents.
C-023 — The Battles Home operated at 236 Fairmount Street from 1956/57 until early 2004 as a private rest home housing up to about 11 residents at a time.