The Lot Crocker House is a historic house in Barnstable, Massachusetts. The 1+1⁄2-story wood frame Cape style house was built c. 1800. It is five bays wide, with a side gable roof and twin interior chimneys, an unusual feature of houses of the period, which more typically have a central chimney. It has a center entry that is topped by a transom window. Lot Crocker, member of a locally prominent family, lived in this house in the mid-19th century and operated a nearby salt works.[2]
Lot Crocker House | |
 284 Gosnold Street | |
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| Location | 284 Gosnold Street, Barnstable, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°38′19″N 70°17′27″W / 41.63861°N 70.29083°W |
| Built | 1800 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Barnstable MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000263[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 13, 1987 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
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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 Lot Crocker House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-26.