Franklin Wesson House

Franklin Wesson House

Front of the house
Location 8 Claremont St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′16″N 71°49′2″W / 42.25444°N 71.81722°W / 42.25444; -71.81722Coordinates: 42°15′16″N 71°49′2″W / 42.25444°N 71.81722°W / 42.25444; -71.81722
Built 1874
Architect Amos P. Cutting
Architectural style High Victorian Gothic
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP Reference # 80000603[1]
Added to NRHP March 5, 1980

The Franklin Wesson House is an historic house at 8 Claremont Street in the Main South neighborhood of Worcester, Massachusetts. It is one of the finest High Gothic Victorian houses in the city. It was designed by architect Amos Porter Cutting.

The 2.5 story brick structure was built in 1874 for Franklin Wesson, one of the founders of Harrington & Richardson, a major Worcester arms manufacturer. It is roughly rectangular in form, but has a number of protrusions, most notably a three story tower over its entrance that is capped by a steeply pitched slate hip roof. The body of the house is also topped by a hip roof with a major bay on the right side whose steeply pitched roof rises to its own peak. The windows of the house are predominantly narrower with rounded tops, and there are horizontal bands of decorative brickwork at several levels.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Franklin Wesson House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-09.


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