Robert M. Stark House

Robert M. Stark House
Location 176 Main St., Waltham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′34″N 71°12′59″W / 42.37611°N 71.21639°W / 42.37611; -71.21639Coordinates: 42°22′34″N 71°12′59″W / 42.37611°N 71.21639°W / 42.37611; -71.21639
Built 1890
Architect Strout,George E.
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Waltham MRA
NRHP Reference # 89001552[1]
Added to NRHP September 28, 1989

The Robert M. Stark House is a historic house at 176 Main Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. This 2-1/2 story house was designed by local architect George Strout, and built in 1890 for Robert Stark, a lawyer and local politician. At the time, the east side of Main Street had become a fashionable address for the upper middle class. The house has high quality Queen Anne style, including various projecting sections and gables, a three-story turret with conical roof, bands of decorative shingles, and windows of varying sizes and shapes with a wide variety of framing treatments.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

In Popular Culture

House Stark, one of the nine noble houses in the fantasy series Game of Thrones, is a reference to the Robert M. Stark House.

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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 Robert M. Stark House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-01.


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