Capt. Oliver Bearse House

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Capt. Oliver Bearse House
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Location39 Pearl St.,
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°39′3″N70°17′7″W / 41.65083°N 70.28528°W / 41.65083; -70.28528
Built1841 (1841)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPS Barnstable MRA
NRHP reference No. 87000276 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 1987

The Captain Oliver Bearse House was a historic house in the Hyannis village of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Built c. 1841, it was a fine example of Greek Revival architecture, built for a prominent local ship's captain. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] It was extensively damaged by fire in 2011, and has since been demolished.

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Description and history

The Captain Oliver Bearse House stood south of Main Street in downtown Hyannis, on the west side of Pearl Street. It was a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, with corner pilasters and an entablature that wrapped around the main block. Its entry was flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters, and topped by a heavy lintel and entablature. A five-bay two-story ell extended to the left, with a separate entrance at its center. [2]

The house was built about 1841 for Oliver Bearse. Bearse was from a family descended from one of Hyannis's early settlers, Benjamin Bearse, and both he and his brother Asa were prominent local deep-sea ship's captains. Bearse lived in this house until 1850, and it was sold out of the family in 1898. [2] It was during the 20th century home to Gladys Bond, a longtime librarian of the local library, who died in 1959. It was thereafter converted into a lodging house. It was extensively damaged by fire in 2011, [3] and has since been demolished.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "MACRIS inventory record for Capt. Oliver Bearse House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  3. "Red Cross residents homeless after fire". Cape Cod Times. March 20, 2011. Retrieved 2016-11-01.