S. E. Brackett House

S. E. Brackett House
Location Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′54″N 71°5′43″W / 42.38167°N 71.09528°W / 42.38167; -71.09528Coordinates: 42°22′54″N 71°5′43″W / 42.38167°N 71.09528°W / 42.38167; -71.09528
Built 1880
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Second Empire
MPS Somerville MPS
NRHP Reference #

89001252

[1]
Added to NRHP September 18, 1989

The S. E. Brackett House is a historic house at 63 Columbus Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts. The three story wood frame building was constructed c. 1880, and is one of the most elaborate Second Empire houses in the city. The house is roughly square in shape, with a central projecting section on the front facade that rises a full three stories and is topped by a mansard-style fourth floor. On the first floor, the central section is flanked by projecting bay windows with decorative surrounds and modillioned cornices. The front facade is in a flush-boarded wood finished designed to simulate stone. The roof line below the mansard roof has an extended eave with single and paired brackets on the sides. The house was built for S. E. Brackett, a local merchant, and was located at a desirable corner of a subdivision laid out in 1870.[2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for S. E. Brackett House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-28.


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