Samuel Farquhar House
Appearance
Samuel Farquhar House | |
Location | 7 Channing Street, Newton, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 41°52′18″N 71°10′20″W / 41.87167°N 71.17222°W |
Built | 1868 |
Architect | Samuel Farquhar |
Architectural style | Second Empire |
MPS | Newton MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86001798[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 4, 1986 |
The Samuel Farquhar House is an historic Second Empire style building located in the village of Newton Corner in Newton, Massachusetts. The 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1868. Its mansard roof is shingled in slate tiles of varying colors and shapes, arranged in decorative patterns. It has well-preserved decorative porch woodwork, and an octagonal 2+1⁄2-story turret at one corner. The roof lines are lined with dentil moulding with paired brackets. It is one of the finest Second Empire houses in the city.[2]
On September 4, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Samuel Farquhar House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-12.