William Bryant Octagon House
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| Location | 2 Spring Street, Stoneham, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°28′54″N 71°5′40″W / 42.48167°N 71.09444°W / 42.48167; -71.09444 |
| Built | 1850 (1850) |
| Built by | Worcester Bros. |
| Architectural style | Octagon Mode |
| MPS | Stoneham MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002526 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 13, 1984 |
The William Bryant Octagon House is a historic octagon house located at 2 Spring Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Built in 1850, it is the best-preserved of three such houses built in the town in the 1850s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
The William Bryant Octagon House stands east of Stoneham's Central Square, at the northwest corner of Spring and Washington Streets. The setting is residential, but Washington Street is a busy artery, and the house stands just northeast of its junction with Pleasant Street, another artery. It is a two-story eight-sided structure, covered by a low-pitch hip roof with a central octagonal cupola. The walls are finished in wooden clapboards, and the house rests on a granite foundation. The roof has extended eaves studded with decorative brackets. The entry, set in the south-facing front facade, is sheltered by an open porch with decorative square posts and brackets, and there is a two-story addition projecting from the rear side of the house. The other faces of the build have sash windows set in simple molded frames on each floor.[2]
The house was built in 1850 by the Worcester Bros. firm for William Bryant, Jr., a shoecutter, and Lucinda A. (Hook) Bryant, his wife.[3] It is one of three octagon houses built in Stoneham during the 1850s, and is the best preserved.[2] Octagon houses were promoted by Orson Squire Fowler, and were an architectural fad during the 1850s.
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References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- 1 2 "NRHP nomination for William Bryant Octagon House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Early 1850s fad is a legacy: Stoneham's octagon houses".
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