House at 70-72 Main Street

House at 70-72 Main Street

70-72 Main Street
Location 70-72 Main St., Southbridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°4′23″N 72°1′43″W / 42.07306°N 72.02861°W / 42.07306; -72.02861Coordinates: 42°4′23″N 72°1′43″W / 42.07306°N 72.02861°W / 42.07306; -72.02861
Built 1898
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Southbridge MRA
NRHP Reference #

89000581

[1]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1989

The House at 70-72 Main Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts was built around the turn of the 20th century for George Wells, president of the American Optical Company, to provide housing for his workers. A gambrel-roofed three family house its gable end faces the street, and is adorned with porches, of which the one on the third floor has since been enclosed. The roof line is pierced by long dormers, giving the third floor unit more space than it might otherwise have. Ownership of the house was eventually transferred to the company, which continued to use the property for worker housing into the 1940s.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for 70-72 Main Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-03.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.