William Bryant Octagon House
William Bryant Octagon House | |
Location | 2 Spring Street, Stoneham, Massachusetts |
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Built | 1851 |
Architect | Worchester Bros. |
Architectural style | Octagon Mode |
MPS | Stoneham MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 84002526 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 13, 1984 |
The William Bryant Octagon House is an historic octagon house located at 2 Spring Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. It was built in 1851 by Worchester Bros. for William Bryant, Jr., a shoecutter, and Lucinda A. (Hook) Bryant, his wife.[2] It is one of three octagon houses built in Stoneham during the 1850s, and is the best preserved. The eight walls rise two floors, and are covered by a bracketed roof with a central octagonal cupola. The entry is sheltered by an open porch with decorative square posts and brackets, and there is a two-story addition projecting from the rear side of the house.[3]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
See also
- List of octagon houses
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Stoneham, 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.
- ^ "Early 1850's fad is a legacy: Stoneham's octagon houses".
- ^ "NRHP nomination for William Bryant Octagon House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-22.