C. C. Crowell House
C. C. Crowell House | ||
MPS Somerville MPS | | |
NRHP reference No. | 89001236[1] | |
---|---|---|
Added to NRHP | September 18, 1989 |
The C. C. Crowell House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. Built about 1890, it is a good example of Queen Anne Victorian architecture built from a pattern book design. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
Description and history
The C. C. Crowell House is located in Somerville's central Spring Hill neighborhood, at the southeast corner of Benton Road and Hudson Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and mostly clapboarded exterior. The house is laid out in cross gable style, with a semicircular porch facing the street corner. The porch is decorated with turned posts, jigsaw struts, and a carved frieze. The upper levels are decorated with bands of cut shingles, and the extended eaves are decorated with modillions. There are two-story polygonal window bays projecting on both street-facing facades, with wood panels below the first floor windows, and decorative shingling between the floors.[2]
The house was built about 1890; its first documented occupant was C. C. Crowell, a printer. The house bears some resemblance to the
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination and MACRIS inventory record for C. C. Crowell House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-28.