James F. Holden House (1900)

The house at 88 Garden Street in the Forestville section of Bristol was built c. 1900. One of several houses on the street constructed by builder Austin Wooster, it was the home of James F. Holden (born 1858), who was a charter member of Palos Council 35, Knights of Columbus, and served as Forestville postmaster for over half a century, from the 1880s to the 1930s. His father was Felix Holden, who also lived on Garden Street for many years, and his brother was the prominent Hartford lawyer Benedict M. Holden (1874-1937).