C.J.H. Bassett House

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.

C.J.H. Bassett House
Location20 Chestnut St.,
Taunton, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°54′12″N 71°5′25″W
Built1851
Architectural styleGothic Revival
MPSTaunton MRA
NRHP reference No.84002091 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 05, 1984

Description and history

The house is locally significant as a rare example of a Gothic Revival residence in the city. The 2-1/2 story frame house features an irregular floor 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 on July 5, 1984.

See also

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.