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The '''Charles Wells House''' is a historic house at 99 Prescott Street in [[Reading, Massachusetts]]. The two story Queen Anne Victorian wood frame house was built in 1894 by Charles Wells, a [[New Brunswick]] blacksmith who married a Reading woman. The house features a turret with an ornamented copper finial and turned |
The '''Charles Wells House''' is a historic house at 99 Prescott Street in [[Reading, Massachusetts]]. The two story Queen Anne Victorian wood frame house was built in 1894 by Charles Wells, a [[New Brunswick]] blacksmith who married a Reading woman. The house is clad in clapboards and has a gable roof, and features a turret with an ornamented copper finial and a front porch supported by turned posts, with a turned balustrade between. A small triangular dormer gives visual interest to the roof above the porch. The house is locally distinctive as a surviving example of a modest Queen Anne house, complete with a period carriage house/barn.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=REA.122|title=NRHP nomination for Charles Wells House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2014-02-15}}</ref> |
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The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1984.<ref name="nris"/> |
The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1984.<ref name="nris"/> |
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| Location | Reading, Massachusetts |
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| Built | 1894 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| MPS | Reading MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002842 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The Charles Wells House is a historic house at 99 Prescott Street in Reading, Massachusetts. The two story Queen Anne Victorian wood frame house was built in 1894 by Charles Wells, a New Brunswick blacksmith who married a Reading woman. The house is clad in clapboards and has a gable roof, and features a turret with an ornamented copper finial and a front porch supported by turned posts, with a turned balustrade between. A small triangular dormer gives visual interest to the roof above the porch. The house is locally distinctive as a surviving example of a modest Queen Anne house, complete with a period carriage house/barn.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, 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.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Charles Wells House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
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