House at 94 Grandview Avenue

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House at 94 Grandview Avenue
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Location94 Grandview Ave., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′45″N71°1′6″W / 42.26250°N 71.01833°W / 42.26250; -71.01833 Coordinates: 42°15′45″N71°1′6″W / 42.26250°N 71.01833°W / 42.26250; -71.01833
Built1890
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPS Quincy MRA
NRHP reference No. 89001339 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1989

The House at 94 Grandview Avenue in Quincy, Massachusetts, is the best-preserved of a series of Queen Anne Victorians built on Wollaston Hill. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built in the 1890s, probably by Horace Briggs, a Boston businessman. It has the complex massing and turret with conical roof that characterize the style. A porch extends across the front, supported by grouped columns and set on a low stone balustrade, and there is a Palladian window in the gable above. [2]

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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. "NRHP nomination for House at 94 Grandview Avenue". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-02.