Queset House
Queset House is a house located at 51 Main Street, North Easton, Massachusetts next to the Ames Free Library. The house was built in 1854 from a design by noted architect Andrew Jackson Downing under commission from industrialist Oakes Angier Ames. In 1872 John Ames Mitchell designed its rear extension. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted planned its grounds.
| Queset House | |
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| 42°4′4.5″N 71°6′22.9″W | |
| Location | 51 North Main St, North Easton, MA |
| Other information | |
| Director | Uma Hiremath |
Building details | |
| General information | |
| Opened | 1854 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | A.J. Downing |
| Website | |
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The Ames Free Library purchased the house in 2007. The building is used as an extension of the library's special programs, including monthly meetings of library groups. [1][2]
References
- "The Original Easton Mass Community Website". Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved April 2, 2008. Ames Free Library buys Queset House, accessed 4/1/08
- "Ames Free Library Receives $40 Thousand State Grant for 'Creative Commons' at Queset House". 15 February 2013.
- Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), Rural essays, G.P. Putnam : New York, 1853
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