Barnes House (Quincy, Massachusetts)

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Barnes House
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Location183 Pine St., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′40″N71°1′43″W / 42.26111°N 71.02861°W / 42.26111; -71.02861
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Quincy MRA
NRHP reference No. 89001362 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1989

The Barnes House is a historic house at 183 Pine Street, Quincy, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story house was built in the 1870s, and is a fine local example of Italianate styling. It is three bays wide, with the first floor left bays taken up by a large projecting bay with four sash windows and a bracketed eave. The windows on the second floor have bracketed cornices, and the front entry is sheltered by a decorated porch with turned posts. The house is further distinctive because it has a surviving period barn/carriage house. The builder was probably Howard C. Barnes, who was in the musical instruments business. [2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Barnes House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-27.