The Addington Gardner House is a historic First Period house in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Its oldest portions dating to about 1730, it is one of the community's oldest surviving buildings, and a good example of transitional First-Second Period style. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
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| Location | 128 Hollis St., Sherborn, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°12′58″N 71°23′55″W / 42.21611°N 71.39861°W |
| Area | 2.3 acres (0.93 ha) |
| Built | 1730 |
| Architectural style | Colonial |
| MPS | First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000179[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 9, 1990 |
Description and history
editThe Addington Gardner House stands in a rural residential area of southwestern Sherborn, at the northeast corner of Hollis Street and Western Avenue. It is a 2-12 story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. The main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by pilasters and topped by a corniced entablature. Windows are simply framed, with the second-floor windows butting against the eave. A single story ell, added c. 1800 projects from the rear, connecting the house to a later carriage house. The interior timbers show evidence of 18th-century construction methods consistent with a c. 1730 construction date. Beams are exposed in the front chambers of the main block, and the left front chamber has a fireplace surround with early Second Period carving.[2]
The oldest portions of this house (possibly just the front rooms) were built c. 1730 by Addington Gardner. The house is a classic five-bay 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame structure, with a large central chimney. The house remained in the Gardner family until 1911, when it was sold to a local farmer and politician.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Addington Gardner House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-08.