Capt. Josiah Pratt House

Capt. Josiah Pratt House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Foxboro, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°3′48″N71°12′3″W / 42.06333°N 71.20083°W / 42.06333; -71.20083
Built	1760
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	83000598 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 21, 1983

The Capt. Josiah Pratt House is a historic house at 141 East Street in Foxboro, Massachusetts. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a hip roof, central chimney, and clapboard siding. Its centered entrance is set in a projecting gable-roofed vestibule. The house was built c. 1760, and is a well-preserved example of Georgian architecture. The house was owned by Captain Josiah Pratt, a local military leader during the American Revolutionary War and a locally prominent citizen. He, and also some of his descendants, served as town selectman. ^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. ^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Capt. Josiah Pratt House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 28, 2014.