Capt. Oliver Bearse House
Capt. Oliver Bearse House | |
 early 1980s photo | |
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| Location | 39 Pearl St., Barnstable, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°39′3″N 70°17′7″W / 41.65083°N 70.28528°W |
| Built | 1841 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Barnstable MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000276[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 13, 1987 |
The Captain Oliver Bearse House was a historic house in the Hyannis village of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Built c. 1841, it was a fine example of Greek Revival architecture, built for a prominent local ship's captain. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1] It was extensively damaged by fire in 2011, and has since been demolished.
Description and history
[edit]The Captain Oliver Bearse House stood south of Main Street in downtown Hyannis, on the west side of Pearl Street. It was a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with corner pilasters and an entablature that wrapped around the main block. Its entry was flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters, and topped by a heavy lintel and entablature. A five-bay two-story ell extended to the left, with a separate entrance at its center.[2]
The house was built about 1841 for Oliver Bearse. Bearse was from a family descended from one of Hyannis's early settlers, Benjamin Bearse, and both he and his brother Asa were prominent local deep-sea ship's captains. Bearse lived in this house until 1850, and it was sold out of the family in 1898.[2] It was during the 20th century home to Gladys Bond, a longtime librarian of the local library, who died in 1959. It was thereafter converted into a lodging house. It was extensively damaged by fire in 2011,[3] and has since been demolished.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for Capt. Oliver Bearse House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ "Red Cross residents homeless after fire". Cape Cod Times. March 20, 2011. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
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