Grey Gables was built in 1895 by William Rogers from Newburyport, Mass. He came to Springfield in 1885 and together with Alfred Baldwin formed the Rogers and Baldwin Hardware Company, one of the city's earliest and most important businesses. Mr. Rogers was one of the nation's earliest traveling salesmen, starting his career at sixteen and traveling from Chicago to New Orleans. In 1920 the house was purchased from Mary and Charles Upham by E. Y. Mitchell, a partner in the law firm of Tatlow and Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce under President F. D. Roosevelt and as Democratic State Chairman in 1916. The building was made into apartments in 1930 and purchased by the present owner, Elizabeth Rich, in l980.

Approved: 9/28/87