Amasa Farrier Boardinghouse

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Amasa Farrier Boardinghouse
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Location280 Main St., Stoneham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°28′59″N71°6′0″W / 42.48306°N 71.10000°W / 42.48306; -71.10000 Coordinates: 42°28′59″N71°6′0″W / 42.48306°N 71.10000°W / 42.48306; -71.10000
Built1865
Architectural styleItalianate
MPS Stoneham MRA
NRHP reference No. 84002601 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1984

The Amasa Farrier Boardinghouse is a historic house at 280 Main Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. The large wood-frame house was built c. 1865 by Amasa Farrier, the town surveyor. The building served as a boarding house for workers in Stoneham's shoe factories, and is the only boarding house of the period to survive in the town. It is a 2 12-story wood-frame structure with modest Italianate styling, including bracketed eaves and gable, and broad corner boards. A period porch with bracketed turned posts [2] has been replaced by an enclosed porch.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Amasa Farrier Boardinghouse". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-24.