Scranton House
The Scranton House is a historic house at 711 Brook Road in Goshen, New Hampshire. Built about 1850, it is one of a cluster of plank-frame houses in Goshen, and is unusual in that group for its use of thinner planking. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
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| Location | 711 Brook Rd., Goshen, New Hampshire |
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| Coordinates | 43°18′42″N 72°7′49″W |
| Area | 85 acres (34 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| MPS | Plank Houses of Goshen New Hampshire TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001320[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 21, 1985 |
Description and history
The Scranton House is located in a rural setting of northeastern Goshen, on the north side of Brook Road about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of its junction with Province Road. It is a 1+1⁄2-story Cape-style wooden structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It is 53 feet (16 m) wide, with a seven-bay facade, with a 20th-century entry one bay left of center. Windows are sash, and a brick chimney rises against the right side. The house framing consists of planking (1.25 to 1.5-inch vs. a more typical 3-inch found in other Goshen plank-frame houses) oriented vertically, with dowels placed horizontally for lateral stability. A 20th-century two-car garage is attached to the left side at a recess, and the property also includes a horse barn.[2]
The house was built about 1850, and originally was clad in vertical board-and-batten siding, with a relatively fine Greek Revival entrance surround. Both of these features survived into the mid-20th century before their replacement.[2]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "NRHP nomination for Scranton House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
