Abiezar Dean House

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Abiezar Dean House
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Location57 Summer St.,
Taunton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°54′0″N71°5′17″W / 41.90000°N 71.08806°W / 41.90000; -71.08806
Built1835
Architectural style Federal
MPS Taunton MRA
NRHP reference No. 84002104 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1984

The Abiezar Dean House is a historic house located at 57 Summer Street in Taunton, Massachusetts.

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Description and history

The late Federal Period house was built in 1835, and is a two-story, wood-framed house, five bays wide, with a hipped roof, clapboard siding, and interior end chimneys. Its central entrance is trimmed by a semi-elliptical fanlight and narrow sidelights. The Dean family, for whom it was built, is a locally prominent family of early settlers to the area. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Abiezar Dean House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-06-02.