Faxon House

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Faxon House
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Location310 Adams St., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′9.4″N71°0′58.9″W / 42.252611°N 71.016361°W / 42.252611; -71.016361
Arealess than one acre
Built1880
ArchitectShephard & Stearns
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS Quincy MRA
NRHP reference No. 89001310 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1989
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The Faxon House is a historic house at 310 Adams Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. The oldest portion of this house was built in 1880 by Job Faxon, a Boston-based flour merchant. His son Henry retained the Boston firm of Shepard and Stearns, and expanded and redesigned the house in Colonial Revival style in 1931, a time when larger estates on Adams Street were being subdivided for development. The house is one of the most elaborate and well-preserved examples of the style in Quincy. [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. March 13, 2009.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Faxon House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-31.