Located on Pleasant Street in South Natick, not far from the Stowe House, is the house occupied by Rev. Horatio Alger, Sr. during the period when he served as minister at Eliot Church. Alger was the father of the popular author, Horatio Alger, Jr. Rev. Alger had been the minister at West Church in Marlborough from 1845 to 1859, before moving to Natick, where he died in 1881. The Alger House was built by Oliver Bacon about 1824 (Bacon had acquired the land from the Bigelow family). In 1869, Bacon sold it to H.H. Hunnewell, a wealthy businessman, philanthropist and horticulturist. Hunnewell bought the house to provide a residence for Rev. Alger, who lived there until he died. In 1909, Hunnewell deeded it to the church as a parsonage.