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R. A. Knight-Eugene Lacount House

Coordinates: 42°23′42.6608″N 71°7′26.4844″W / 42.395183556°N 71.124023444°W / 42.395183556; -71.124023444
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R. A. Knight–Eugene Lacount House
R. A. Knight-Eugene Lacount House is located in Massachusetts
R. A. Knight-Eugene Lacount House
R. A. Knight-Eugene Lacount House is located in the United States
R. A. Knight-Eugene Lacount House
Location34 Day Street,
Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′42.6608″N 71°7′26.4844″W / 42.395183556°N 71.124023444°W / 42.395183556; -71.124023444
Built1870
Architectural styleSecond Empire
MPSSomerville MPS
NRHP reference No.89001256[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1989

The R. A. Knight–Eugene Lacount House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. The two story Second Empire house was built c. 1870; its second owner was Eugene Lacount, an American Civil War veteran. The house's mansard roof is pierced by recessed dormers with segmented arch dormers. The cornices of the roof, projecting bay tops, and front porch are all studded with modillions, and the front porch features turned posts with decorative brackets.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Knight-Lacount House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-03.