George Brine House

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George Brine House
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George Brine House
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Location219 Washington St.,
Winchester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°27′22″N71°7′51″W / 42.45611°N 71.13083°W / 42.45611; -71.13083
Arealess than one acre
Built1865 (1865)
ArchitectJoseph S. Shattuck
Architectural styleSecond Empire
MPS Winchester MRA
NRHP reference No. 89000638 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1989

The George Brine House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. Built about 1865, it is a well-preserved example of Second Empire architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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Description and history

The George Brine House stands northeast of downtown Winchester, on the east side of Washington Street, a busy north–south through street, between Eaton and Webster Streets. It is a two-story wood-frame house, with a third floor under its Second Empire mansard roof. It has a full-width porch with turned balusters and paired pillars, with a projecting central section with decorative brackets. Above the central doorway are a pair of narrow round-arch windows, and the cornice has dentil moulding and paired brackets. There is scroll-cut woodwork surrounding the dormer windows, and all of the main windows have bracketed sills. Two two-story ells extend the building to the rear, and there is a period carriage barn with cupola at the back of the property. [2]

The house was built sometime between 1854 and 1870 (estimated 1865 based on style) by Joseph Shattuck, a local builder. He apparently used it as a rental property until selling it to George Brine in 1893. The house typifies development made in the mid-19th century to attract new residents to what was then seen as a fashionable residential area. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for George Brine House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-13.