Clarence Burgin House

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Clarence Burgin House
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Location95 President's Ln., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′11″N71°0′30″W / 42.25306°N 71.00833°W / 42.25306; -71.00833
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1900
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Quincy MRA
NRHP reference No. 89001364 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1989
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The Clarence Burgin House is a historic house at 95 President's Lane in Quincy, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1900 by Clarence Burgin, a bank executive and father of Quincy Mayor Thomas S. Burgin. It is one of the city's finest examples of a gambrel-roofed Colonial Revival house. Notable features include the gambrel-roof gable dormer above the main entry, and the wraparound porch with multi-columned Greek-style projection. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Clarence Burgin House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-29.