William Hogg House

The William Hogg House is an historic house at 54 Elm Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built in 1853 and substantially altered in 1897, it is a prominent local example of Colonial Revival architecture. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It now serves as dormitory housing for Becker College.

William Hogg House
Location54 Elm St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°15′54″N 71°48′29″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1853, 1897
ArchitectFuller & Delano (1897)
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPSWorcester MRA
NRHP reference No.80000576[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 05, 1980

Description and history

The William Hogg House is located west of downtown Worcester, at the southwest corner of Elm and Ashland Streets. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a truncated hip roof and clapboarded exterior. Gabled dormers pierce the roof face, and the roof eae is decorated with modillion blocks. Its front facade has a Corinthian porch sheltering a center entry flanked by bay windows. Ground floor windows on the Ashland Street facade are topped by half round fanlight, and the upper floor windows are topped by projecting cornices.[2]

The house was built in 1853 as the Rice House. It was significantly altered according to plans by Fuller & Delano in 1897 for William Hogg. Hogg was owner of the Worcester Carpet Company, one of the largest such businesses in the city (located in what are now known as the Whittall Mills). Hogg sold the family interest in the carpet business in the early 20th century, and engaged in philanthropic pursuits, serving as a director of Quinsigamond National Bank and as president of the Worcester Agricultural Society.[2]

A photo of the house appears on page 490 of the 1899 book The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Fifty years a city. A graphic presentation of its institutions, industries and leaders. It is now used by Becker College as student housing.

View of the house in the 1800s with the Hogg family and their Morgan horses Prince and Rip Van Winkle (as noted by Madeline Hogg)

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for William Hogg House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
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