Building at 606 Main Street | |
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Location | 606 Main St., Barnstable, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 41°38′56″N70°17′28″W / 41.64889°N 70.29111°W |
Built | c. 1910 |
Architectural style | Early Commercial |
MPS | Barnstable MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 87000287 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 13, 1987 |
606 Main Street is a historic commercial building located in Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Built in about 1910, it is a modest, single-story, wood-framed construction with a gable roof. The front slope of the roof has a long shed-roof dormer, providing some second-level storage space for the shops below. The building is vernacular in style, with paired recessed doorways to the stores. The building typifies Barnstable's modestly-scaled commercial district, fitting well with earlier residential structures. [2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1987. [1]
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
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