Twinehurst American Optical Company Neighborhood

Twinehurst American Optical Company Neighborhood
Location Twinehurst Place, Southbridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°4′42″N 72°1′57″W / 42.07833°N 72.03250°W / 42.07833; -72.03250Coordinates: 42°4′42″N 72°1′57″W / 42.07833°N 72.03250°W / 42.07833; -72.03250
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Southbridge MRA
NRHP Reference #

89000593

[1]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1989

The Twinehurst American Optical Company Neighborhood is a residential historic district in Southbridge, Massachusetts. It consists of seven three family houses built by the owners of the American Optical Company to provide housing for their workers.[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

Six of the seven houses are on Twinehurst Place, a short loop near the junction of Paige Hill Road and Central Street; one house has an address on Central Street but is physically adjacent to the others. The center of the loop is an open grassy area, giving a clear view of the neighborhood. All of the houses were built between 1915 and 1917, and exhibit Colonial Revival characteristics despite subsequent alteration.[2]

The houses appear to be somewhat typical 2.5 story two family houses, with their gables toward the street. However, each has extended dormers sufficient to provide a full apartment on the third floor. Each unit originally had a porch on the south side, but in all cases these have been subsequently enclosed. The houses originally had wood shingle siding, but this has generally been changed: on some of the houses it has been replaced by wider wood siding, and on others by synthetic siding. Despite these changes, Colonial Revival trim details have generally been preserved.[2]

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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. 1 2 3 "MACRIS inventory record for Twinehurst American Optical Company Neighborhood". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-30.

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