Capt. Sylvester Baxter House

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Capt. Sylvester Baxter House
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Location156 Main Street,
Hyannis, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°39′19″N70°16′39″W / 41.65528°N 70.27750°W / 41.65528; -70.27750 Coordinates: 41°39′19″N70°16′39″W / 41.65528°N 70.27750°W / 41.65528; -70.27750
Built1855
Architectural styleItalian Villa
MPS Barnstable MRA
NRHP reference No. 87000313 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 1987

The Capt. Sylvester Baxter House is a historic house in Barnstable, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story wood frame Italianate house was built c. 1855 by Captain Sylvester Baxter, a politically prominent local ship's captain. The house exterior has been stuccoed, and the roof is a cross-gable style with a square cupola on top. The eaves of the roof and cupola are studded with decorative brackets. The windows are topped by stilted segmented arches. The front entrance is sheltered by a hip-roofed porch supported by clusters of round columns. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Capt. Sylvester Baxter House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-26.