Elisha Hopkins House

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Elisha Hopkins House
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Location237 School Street,
Somerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′30.83″N71°5′43.07″W / 42.3918972°N 71.0952972°W / 42.3918972; -71.0952972 Coordinates: 42°23′30.83″N71°5′43.07″W / 42.3918972°N 71.0952972°W / 42.3918972; -71.0952972
Built1868
Architectural styleItalianate
MPS Somerville MPS
NRHP reference No. 89001284 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1989

The Elisha Hopkins House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. The 2.5-story wood-frame house was built c. 1868 by Elisha Hopkins, a ship's master. It has a typical period Italianate plan, with three bays across and small center gable. The gables have oculi windows characteristic of the style, and there is a later Colonial Revival front porch with turned posts and brackets, and a gable over the entry stair. [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. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Elisha Hopkins House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-01.