Eber Sherman Farm | |
Location | 1010 State Rd., North Adams, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°42′2.952″N73°10′9.768″W / 42.70082000°N 73.16938000°W |
Area | 7.8 acres (3.2 ha) |
Built | c. 1843 |
Architect | Eber Sherman |
Architectural style | Greek Revival/Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 83003929 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 6, 1983 |
The Eber Sherman Farm is a historic farmstead located at 1010 State Road in North Adams, Massachusetts. Built about 1843, it is a well-preserved example of a local variant of transitional Greek Revival and Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
The Eber Sherman Farm is located on the south side of State Road (Massachusetts Route 2) in western North Adams, near the town line with Williamstown. The main house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, two interior brick chimneys, and a clapboarded exterior. It has a five-bay main facade, with a center entrance flanked by sidelight windows and topped by a transom window. The entry is sheltered by a flat-roof portico with a bracketed frieze supported by fluted columns. The building corners feature wide pilasters, and the roof eave is studded by regularly spaced decorative brackets. A single-story addition extends to the left side, with a porch across its front. [2]
The house was built in about 1843 by Eber Sherman, son of William Sherman (whose farm lay adjacent, and has a similar house), around the time he purchased his father's farm, then over 300 acres (120 ha). It lay in a part of Williamstown that was transferred to North Adams as part of a municipal boundary adjustment in 1900. Eber Sherman ran a dairy operation on the farm, and his son sold the property in 1862, after which it went through a succession of owners. [3] [2]
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