The House at 18 Walnut Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts is one of two modest yet remarkably high Shingle Style houses on Walnut Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. It was built c. 1898 by George Wells, president of the locally important American Optical Company, apparently to provide worker housing for company employees. Of the two houses Wells had built, this one is the best preserved. It has a slate gambrel roof with projecting sections.[2]
House at 18 Walnut Street | |
 18 Walnut Street | |
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| Location | 18 Walnut St., Southbridge, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°4′25″N 72°1′46″W / 42.07361°N 72.02944°W |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architectural style | Shingle Style |
| MPS | Southbridge MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000580[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1989 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] Its original shingle siding has been replaced, as has the diamond-lighted bay window projecting from the front gable end.
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for 18 Walnut Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-02.