David M. Anthony House | |
Location | 98 Bay Point Road, Swansea, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 41°42′37″N71°12′37″W / 41.71028°N 71.21028°W |
Area | 8.57 acres (3.47 ha) |
Built | 1895 |
Architect | Beattie, William |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
MPS | Swansea MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 90000059 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 16, 1990 |
The David M. Anthony House is a historic house at 98 Bay Point Avenue on Gardner's Neck in Swansea, Massachusetts. Built in 1895 for a prominent Fall River businessman, it was one of the first summer houses in the area, and is a high quality example of Queen Anne Victorian architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]
Gardner's Neck is a peninsula projecting southward into Mount Hope Bay between the Cole and Lee Rivers on Swansea's south coast. The David M. Anthony House is located on a large parcel at the center of the peninsula's southern shore, which includes its very southernmost tip. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with asymmetrical massing typical of the Queen Anne period. It has a hip roof with cross gables, and porch that wraps around the waterfront side to the east. The exterior is finished in a combination of wooden shingles and clapboards. [2]
The house was built in 1895, and was one of the first summer houses built on Gardner's Neck. It was built as the summer estate of David M. Anthony, a Fall River businessman who founded the Swift River Meat Packing Company. He and other Fall River businessmen were responsible for the transition of Gardner's Neck from a mainly agricultural area to a summer resort area. This house remained in the Anthony family until 1942. [2]
The original house was replaced in the late 2010s and all that visibly remains of the original structure is the round stone portion of the porch and the garage.
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