C.J.H. Bassett House

C.J.H. Bassett House
C.J.H. Bassett House
Location Taunton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°54′12″N 71°5′25″W / 41.90333°N 71.09028°W / 41.90333; -71.09028Coordinates: 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 #

84002091

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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.

The house is a rare example in the city of a Gothic Revival residence. The 2-1/2 story frame house features an irregular 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 in 1984.

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