John M. Wells House

	John M. Wells House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	491 Eastford Rd., Southbridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°3′32″N 72°2′55″W / 42.05889°N 72.04861°W
Built	1927
Architectural style	Renaissance, French Chateau
MPS	Southbridge MRA
NRHP reference No.	89000553
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1989

Location491 Eastford Rd., Southbridge, Massachusetts

Coordinates42°3′32″N 72°2′55″W / 42.05889°N 72.04861°W

Built1927

ArchitecturalstyleRenaissance, French Chateau

The John M. Wells House is a historic house at 491 Eastford Road in Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States. The Wells family were the founders of the American Optical Company, a leading business in Southbridge. The house John M. Wells had built in 1927 was reminiscent of a French chateau, and was the first to be built in the Cohasse Farms section of Southbridge. The only previous development in the rural area had been the development of the Cohasse Country Club in 1919. Wells' cousin George would build a more modern house nearby in 1932.^[2]

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

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Southbridge, Massachusetts
Historic districts	American Optical Company Bacon–Morse Central Mills Centre Village Glover Street Hamilton Woolen Company High–School Streets Maple Street Sacred Heart Church Twinehurst American Optical Company Neighborhood Upper Chapin Street Windsor Court
Historic properties	A. Kinney House Academie Brochu Albert H. Wheeler House Alden-Delehanty Block Alexis Boyer House Alpha M. Cheney House Ammidown-Harding Farmhouse Ashland Mill Tenement Beechwood Building at 25–27 River Street Building at 29–31 River Street Building at 38–42 Worcester Street Building at 52 Main Street Chamberlain-Bordeau House Chapin Block Clarke–Glover Farmhouse Cliff Cottage Comins-Wall House Congregational Church Dani and Soldani Cabinet Makers and Wood Workers Factory Dennison School House Dunbar-Vinton House E. B. Cummings House E. Merritt Cole House E.M. Phillips House Elm Street Fire House Eugene Tapin House George B. and Ruth D. Wells House George H. Hartwell House George Sumner House Globe Village Fire House H. Morse House H.C. Wells Double House Hamilton Mill Brick House Hamilton Mill-West Street Factory Housing Hamilton Millwright–Agent's House Henry E. Durfee Farmhouse Holy Trinity Episcopal Church House at 18 Walnut Street House at 3 Dean Street House at 34 Benefit Street House at 59–63 Crystal Street House at 64 Main Street House at 70–72 Main Street House at 91 Coombs Street J.J. Oakes House J.M. Cheney Rental House James Gleason Cottage John M. Wells House Judson–Litchfield House LaCroix-Mosher House Lorenzo R. Stone House Mary E. Wells School Mrs. R. Marcy House Napoleon LaRochelle Two-Family House Notre Dame Catholic Church Samuel C. Hartwell House Simon Plimpton Farmhouse Smith–Lyon Farmhouse Southbridge Town Hall Southbridge station St. George's Greek Orthodox Church St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church-St. Mary's School Stephen Richard House Sylvester Dresser House Theodore Harrington House Tiffany-Leonard House Vinton-Boardman Farmhouse Vinton-Torrey House William E. Alden House William Hodgson Two-Family House William McKinstry Farmhouse William McKinstry Jr. House
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Southbridge, Massachusetts, and List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts

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Location	491 Eastford Rd., Southbridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°3′32″N 72°2′55″W / 42.05889°N 72.04861°W / 42.05889; -72.04861
Built	1927
Architectural style	Renaissance, French Chateau
MPS	Southbridge MRA
NRHP reference No.	89000553 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1989