C.J.H. Bassett House

The C.J.H. Bassett House is a historic house located at 20 Chestnut Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. The house was built in 1851 for Charles Jarvis Hunt Bassett, a prominent Taunton attorney and president of the Taunton Bank.

C.J.H. Bassett House
C.J.H. Bassett House is located in Massachusetts
C.J.H. Bassett House
C.J.H. Bassett House is located in the United States
C.J.H. Bassett House
Location20 Chestnut St.,
Taunton, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°54′12″N 71°5′25″W
Built1851
Architectural styleGothic Revival
MPSTaunton MRA
NRHP reference No.84002091 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 05, 1984

Description and history

The house is locally significant as a rare example of a Gothic Revival residence in the city. The 2+1⁄2-story frame house features an irregular floor plan and a belcast gable roof with Gothic Revival influenced vergeboards, incised and punched with quatrefoil motifs, and pointed arch dormer windows.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=TAU.27


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