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C.J.H. Bassett House
C.J.H. Bassett House
C.J.H. Bassett House is located in Massachusetts
C.J.H. Bassett House
LocationTaunton, Massachusetts
Built1851
Architectural styleGothic Revival
MPSTaunton MRA
NRHP reference No.84002091 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 05, 1984

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.

The house is a rare example in the city of a Gothic Revival residence. The 2-1/2 story frame house features an irregular 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 in 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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