Dr. Edgar Everett Dean House | |
 Dr. Edgar Everett Dean House | |
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| Location | Brockton, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°5′5″N71°1′22″W / 42.08472°N 71.02278°W |
| Built | 1884 |
| Architect | Wesley Lyng Minor |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000471 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 5, 1978 |
The Dr. Edgar Everett Dean House is a historic house located at 81 Green Street in Brockton, Massachusetts.
The 3-story wood-frame house was built in 1884 for Doctor Edgar Everett Dean, a prominent local physician. The Queen Anne Victorian is one of the few surviving residential designs of the locally prominent architect Wesley Lyng Minor, whose credits also include Brockton City Hall. [2] From 1939 to 1993, the building was home to the Hall Funeral Home.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
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