The residence was built of brick instead of wood, which at that time made this an unusual building for the city.  This particular style was popular in the mid-1870′s and many of the city’s buildings which resemble this house were designed by Hartwell and Swazey, such as the Academy Building in the Borden Block and the Central Congregational Church on Rock Street.

Simeon Borden sold the residence to Sarah Brayton in 1895 and it was then christened “Broadview”. Sarah S. Brayton died in 1915 and willed the home to her niece, Nancy Jannett Bowers Brayton who married Judge James Madison Morton in 1955.  Their heirs donated the mansion to the Christian Day School which closed in 1992.  Since 2001, it has been the address for the Women’s Center/ OB-GYN.