Colonel Adelbert Mossman House

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Colonel Adelbert Mossman House
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Location76 Park Street, Hudson, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′8″N71°34′30″W / 42.38556°N 71.57500°W / 42.38556; -71.57500 Coordinates: 42°23′8″N71°34′30″W / 42.38556°N 71.57500°W / 42.38556; -71.57500
Built1895–1903
Architect Colonel Adelbert Mossman
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 82001904 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 30, 1982

The Colonel Adelbert Mossman House is a historic house built between 1895 and 1903 located at 76 Park Street in Hudson, Massachusetts, United States. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure with asymmetrical massing typical of Queen Anne Victorian architecture. It has elaborate exterior and interior detailing. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]

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History

Construction of the house began sometime between 1895 and 1898, and was completed by 1903. [2] Colonel Adelbert Mossman (1848–1945), an American Civil War veteran of the 35th New Jersey Infantry Regiment, designed the house for himself. [2] [3] Mossman returned to Massachusetts after the war and in 1887 organized and led Hudson's first militia, the 5th Massachusetts Volunteers. [2] Mossman was promoted to colonel while serving in this militia. [2] In 1901 he was appointed sergeant-at-arms of the Massachusetts State House. [2] While his house was being built Mossman also worked as a buyer for the Massachusetts Office of the Superintendent of Buildings, which likely facilitated his home's construction. [2]

Mossman died in 1945. [2] Cecil W. Veinotte, a carpenter, and his wife Virginia M. Veinotte bought the house in 1946 and owned it until 1981. [2] Dr. Bernard M. Flavhan, dentist, and wife Carol S. Flavhan purchased the home in 1981. [2] Carol Flavhan became sole owner in 1984. [4] She sold the house to the current owners in 1994. [4]

The house was added to National Register of Historic Places on September 30, 1982.

Architecture

The Colonel Adelbert Mossman house is a well-preserved exemplar of Queen Anne style architecture and craft. [2] It is located at 76 Park Street in Hudson across the street from Wood Park and the Taylor Memorial Bridge. The park and the Assabet River are visible from the house. [2]

The house's exterior is complex; typical for Queen Anne houses. [2] Key exterior features include a tower capped by a conical roof, bay windows, high gables with decorative woodwork, carved brackets and moulding, and a wraparound porch with grouped turned columns and spindlework valances. [2]

The home contains 20 intricately detailed rooms. [2] Interior architectural elements include pocket doors, non-rectilinear walls and ceilings, detailed mantels, an intricate main stair with gas lamps placed on top of carved newels, and Victorian woodwork detailing throughout. [2]

An original carriage house was replaced in 1952. [2]

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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 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "MACRIS inventory record for Col. Adelbert Mossman House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. Town of Hudson History Archived 11 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 "76 Park St". Hudson, MA Online Assessors Information. 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.