C.J.H. Bassett House

Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

United States historic place


C.J.H. Bassett House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


41°54′12″N 71°5′25″W / 41.90333°N 71.09028°W / 41.90333; -71.09028
Built	1851
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
MPS	Taunton MRA
NRHP reference No.	84002091 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 05, 1984

The C.J.H. Bassett House is a historic house located at 20 Chestnut Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. The house was built in 1851 for Charles Jarvis Hunt Bassett, a prominent Taunton attorney and president of the Taunton Bank.

Description and history

The house is locally significant as a rare example of a Gothic Revival residence in the city. The 2+1⁄2-story frame house features an irregular floor plan and a belcast gable roof with Gothic Revival influenced vergeboards, incised and punched with quatrefoil motifs, and pointed arch dormer windows.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=TAU.27 ^{[bare URL]}

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts

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