Capt. Rodney J. Baxter House

Capt. Rodney J. Baxter House
Location South and Pearl Sts., Barnstable, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°39′0″N 70°17′6″W / 41.65000°N 70.28500°W / 41.65000; -70.28500Coordinates: 41°39′0″N 70°17′6″W / 41.65000°N 70.28500°W / 41.65000; -70.28500
Area 1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built 1850
Architect Orson S. Fowler
Architectural style Other
MPS Barnstable MRA
NRHP Reference # 87000273[1]
Added to NRHP March 13, 1987

The Capt. Rodney J. Baxter House is an octagonal house in Barnstable, Massachusetts that was built in 1850. It appears to be the only house explicitly credited by the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) to having been designed by Orson S. Fowler that both survives and is listed on the National Register.[1] Orson Fowler is known for having advocated octagonal house design, promoted through an architectural pattern book The Octagon House, A Home for All that he wrote and which was the basis for designs of numerous houses. It seems this house is explicitly described in Orson Fowler's book, or it explicitly follows a design given in that book.[2] Other houses built according to Fowler's designs also survive and are listed on the NRHP.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Capt. Rodney J. Baxer House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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