Larchmont (Worcester, Massachusetts)

Larchmont
Location 36 Butler St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′6″N 71°47′58″W / 42.23500°N 71.79944°W / 42.23500; -71.79944Coordinates: 42°14′6″N 71°47′58″W / 42.23500°N 71.79944°W / 42.23500; -71.79944
Built 1858
Architect Elbridge Boyden
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP Reference #

80000492

[1]
Added to NRHP March 05, 1980

Larchmont is a historic house at 36 Butler Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The two story wood frame house was built in 1858 as a country house for Ransom Taylor, one of the city's largest landowners in the latter half of the 19th century. It is a rare surviving Italianate villa, of a type that once dotted the hills of Worcester, and is one of the finest Italianate houses in the city. The house may have been designed by Elbridge Boyden; there is documentary evidence suggestive of this, which is supported by stylistic analysis. The building's original octagonal cupola has been removed, and the house has been sided in aluminum, although its decorative woodwork has been retained. The porte cochere is also an addition.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Larchmont". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-18.


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