Henry Morse House

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Henry Morse House
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Location32 Cedar St.,
Taunton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°54′13″N71°5′26″W / 41.90361°N 71.09056°W / 41.90361; -71.09056 Coordinates: 41°54′13″N71°5′26″W / 41.90361°N 71.09056°W / 41.90361; -71.09056
Built1882
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Taunton MRA
NRHP reference No. 84002183 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1984

The Henry Morse House is a historic house located at 32 Cedar Street in Taunton, Massachusetts.

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Description and history

It is a 2+12-story, wood-framed building, with a hipped roof and clapboard siding. Projecting bays are found at the front and side, and the front porch is supported by turned posts. The Queen Anne style house was built in 1882 on land that Henry Morse acquired from his father Lovett's estate after his death in 1880. The house is nearly identical in plan to the W.C. Beattie House in Taunton. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984. [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 and MACRIS inventory record for Henry Morse House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-06-10.