Eugene Tapin House

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Eugene Tapin House
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Location215 Lebanon Hill Rd., Southbridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°3′21″N72°2′15″W / 42.05583°N 72.03750°W / 42.05583; -72.03750
Built1929
ArchitectLaliberte, F.X. & Son
Architectural styleTudor Revival
MPS Southbridge MRA
NRHP reference No. 89000549 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1989

Eugene Tapin House is a historic house at 215 Lebanon Hill Road in Southbridge, Massachusetts. The large Tudor Revival house was built in 1929, at a time when rural portions of Southbridge were gradually becoming suburbanized. It is one a few high style Tudor homes in the city. It was built by F.X. LaLiberte to a design by LaLiberte's son Oswald, for the latter's sister and her husband, Camille and Eugene Tapin. Camille worked in her father's business; Eugene was a music teacher and church organist. [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. "MACRIS inventory record for Eugene Tapin House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-30.