Alexis Boyer House
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| Location | 306 Hamilton, Southbridge, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°4′53″N 72°2′16″W / 42.08139°N 72.03778°WCoordinates: 42°4′53″N 72°2′16″W / 42.08139°N 72.03778°W |
| Built | 1888 |
| Architect | Boyer,A. |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Vernacular Queen Anne |
| MPS | Southbridge MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | 89000560 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1989 |
The Alexis Boyer House is a historic house at 306 Hamilton in Southbridge, Massachusetts. The 2.5 story Queen Anne house was built in 1888 for Alexis Boyer, a builder and political leader of the sizable French Canadian community in Southbridge. It features elaborate stickwork and a jigsaw-cut bargeboard decoration in the gable ends. It also has an feature otherwise unusual for Queen Anne houses, an exterior rear staircase, which is believed to have originated among the French Canadians.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Southbridge, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts
References
- 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Alexis Boyer House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
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