Timothy Bancroft House
The Timothy Bancroft House is a historic house on Bancroft Road in Harrisville, New Hampshire. Located in a rural area once known as Mosquitoville, this c. 1785 wood-frame house was built by Timothy Bancroft, who operated a sawmill nearby that was one of the town's major industries for nearly a century. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
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| Location | Bancroft Rd., Harrisville, New Hampshire |
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| Coordinates | 42°57′54″N 72°5′57″W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1785 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Harrisville MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003241[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 14, 1988 |
Description and history
The Timothy Bancroft House stands in what is now a rural and isolated area of northern Harrisville, near the end of Bancroft Road. Set on a rise overlooking the former mill site, it is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. An older ell extends to the east, with its own central chimney. The styling of the house is Greek Revival, with wide cornerboards and a gabled hood over the entrance. A shed-roof porch extends across the front of the ell.[2]
Timothy Bancroft is believed to have built the ell of this house in about 1785; the larger main block was probably added in the mid-19th century. During the 19th century, the Bancroft mill complex was at the center of a community known variously as Mosquitoville and Mosquitobush. The complex included a number of additional buildings, and the busy mill supplied wood products to the textile mills in Harrisville center, and was a major local employer. The mill burned in 1875. The house was subsequently used as housing for another nearby sawmill, and then as a summer residence.[2]
See also
- Wildwood Cottage, another Mosquitoville remnant
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "NRHP nomination for Timothy Bancroft House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
