In 1897, Route 302 was a dirt road and, in North Windham, most dwellings belonged to farming people. The house in this picture was originally built on Dutton Hill Road in the late 1700s, but was moved about 1804 to the then-rural village of North Windham. Pictured above in 1897 at the Manchester family homestead are grandparents Nahum and Lydia, seated in the center some of their family. One can barely see Almon Manchester seated on a hay rake by the barn. This is one of the oldest houses in Windham and for many years was located across from where Burger King is today. To make way for Wal-Mart and parking areas, along with McDonalds, the old Manchester homestead was once again successfully moved. They knew how to build houses in the olden days! From the archives of the Windham Historical Society