House at 491 Prospect Street

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House at 491 Prospect Street
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Location Methuen, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°43′39″N71°9′33″W / 42.72750°N 71.15917°W / 42.72750; -71.15917 Coordinates: 42°43′39″N71°9′33″W / 42.72750°N 71.15917°W / 42.72750; -71.15917
Built1900
Architectural styleShingle Style
MPS Methuen MRA
NRHP reference No. 84002396 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1984

The House at 491 Prospect Street in Methuen, Massachusetts is locally significant as an excellent example of a Shingle Style house of the type built for well-to-do businessmen in Methuen and Lawrence around the turn of the 20th century. The three story wood-frame building was built c. 1900. One of its principal decorative features at the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 [1] was a Palladian window in the gable, around which square-cut shingles had been arranged in a keystone motif. [2] This detail has since been lost due to the application of new siding.

Other details of note include curved exterior corners, a window recessed in a bay with curved walls, and small decorative rectangular and oval windows. The property also includes a period carriage house. [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 House at 491 Prospect Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-07.