Lehoullier Building
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Location | 161-169 Main St., Somersworth, New Hampshire |
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Coordinates | 43°15′31″N 70°51′46″W / 43.25861°N 70.86278°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1843 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 79000211[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 26, 1979 |
The Lehoullier Building is a historic mill tenement house at 161-169 Main Street in Somersworth, New Hampshire. Built in 1843, it is one of two surviving tenement houses of the many that once lined Main Street near the Great Falls Manufacturing Company. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
Description and history
The Lehoullier Building is located on the west side of Main Street, at its junction with Fayette Street. It is a brick building with a gabled roof and five irregularly placed chimneys. It is set on a sloping lot, presenting three stories to Main Street and two to the rear. It is nine bays wide, representing an original division into three separate townhouse-style units. Each unit has since been further subdivided into two units, for a total of six. The ground floor of each section has a center entrance flanked by paired sash windows. The second-floor units, accessed by a two-story porch, have entrances in either the left or right bay. A hip roof covers the porch, and there are smaller sash windows in the third floor bays.[2]
The tenement was built by Thomas Parks and Job Harris c. 1843 under a grant from the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, which operated the major
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Lehoullier Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-08-24.