John Bottume House
John Botume House | ||
MPS Stoneham MRA | | |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002513[1] | |
|---|---|---|
| Significant dates | ||
| Added to NRHP | April 13, 1984 | |
| Designated CP | January 18, 1990 | |
The John Bottume House is a historic house at 4 Woodland Road in
Description and history
The Botume House is located in southern Stoneham, set on the eastern shore of Spot Pond, the largest body of water in the Middlesex Fells Reservation. It is a T-shaped stone structure, 2+1⁄2 stories in height, built out of uncoursed granite stone. Its Italianate features in a bracketed roof line and gable ends, with round-arch windows at the gable ends. Its setting also has original landscaping elements, including a pair of entrance posts and a granite wall separating it from Woodland Road.[2]
The house was built about 1859 by John Botume, a Boston merchant, and was one of a half dozen houses built as summer houses along Spot Pond to capitalize on the setting. It is the only one to survive, the last of the rest, the Lang House, being demolished in 1986.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Stoneham, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c d "NRHP nomination for John Bottume House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Lang House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 12, 2015.