Capt. Josiah Pratt House
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| Location | Foxboro, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°3′48″N 71°12′3″W / 42.06333°N 71.20083°W / 42.06333; -71.20083 |
| Built | 1760 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000598 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 21, 1983 |
The Capt. Josiah Pratt House is a historic house at 141 East Street in Foxboro, Massachusetts. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a hip roof, central chimney, and clapboard siding. Its centered entrance is set in a projecting gable-roofed vestibule. The house was built c. 1760, and is a well-preserved example of Georgian architecture. The house was owned by Captain Josiah Pratt, a local military leader during the American Revolutionary War and a locally prominent citizen. He, and also some of his descendants, served as town selectman.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Capt. Josiah Pratt House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
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