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Clark–Eames House

Coordinates: 42°20′36″N 73°04′30″W / 42.3433°N 73.0751°W / 42.3433; -73.0751
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Clark–Eames House
Clark–Eames House is located in Massachusetts
Clark–Eames House
Clark–Eames House is located in the United States
Clark–Eames House
Location230 Middlefield Rd.,
Washington, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′36″N 73°04′30″W / 42.3433°N 73.0751°W / 42.3433; -73.0751
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1790 (1790)
Architectural styleFederal
MPSWashington MRA
NRHP reference No.86002139[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 1986

The Clark–Eames House is a historic house located at 230 Middlefield Road in Washington, Massachusetts. Probably built around 1790, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century houses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

Description and history

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The Clark–Eames House is located in a rural setting in the southeastern corner of Washington; the closest village is that of Becket to the southwest. It is located on the southeast side of Middlefield Road, roughly opposite its junction with Johnson Hill Road. It is a 1+12-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. Its five-bay front facade has simple Federal period styling, with simple moulded surrounds around the windows, and a center entrance with flanking pilasters and a corniced entablature. In the late 19th century, the entrance was sheltered by a gable-roof hood with Victorian styling,[2] but that has since been removed.

It is one of only a handful houses constructed in the area during the 18th century, with a construction date sometime between 1782 and 1797. Its presence in a remote corner of the town exemplifies the town's dispersed form of settlement. The house was the seat of a 70-acre (28 ha) farm for most of the 19th century. It now serves as a vacation residence, show another trend on how the town's economy has changed in the 20th century.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Clark–Eames House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-03.