Capt. Alexander Crocker House | |
Location | 358 Sea Street, Barnstable, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 41°38′20″N70°17′27″W / 41.63889°N 70.29083°W |
Built | 1865 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
MPS | Barnstable MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 87000274 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 13, 1987 |
The Capt. Alexander Crocker House is a historic house located in the Hyannis village of Barnstable, Massachusetts.
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1865, and his one of the village's finest Italianate houses. It has roughly square proportions, with an off-center entry flanked by a single-story projecting bay window, both of which are topped by cornices with brackets. Above them are three sash windows with projecting lintels, and there is a round-arch window in the gable. The roof line is studded with paired brackets. There is a period barn on the property which is topped by a cupola. Its first owner was a ship's captain. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1987. [1]
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