Hovey-Winn House

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Hovey-Winn House
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Location Winchester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°26′51″N71°8′6″W / 42.44750°N 71.13500°W / 42.44750; -71.13500 Coordinates: 42°26′51″N71°8′6″W / 42.44750°N 71.13500°W / 42.44750; -71.13500
Built1841
ArchitectJohn H. Coats
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPS Winchester MRA
NRHP reference No. 89000616 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1989

The Hovey-Winn House is a historic house at 384 Main Street in Winchester, Massachusetts. The 1+12-story Greek Revival cottage was built c. 1841 by John Coats, a local housewright who built a number of houses along Main Street. It is one of a small number of local houses (the nearby Horace Hatch House is another) with a side gable roof that overhangs a full-width Doric porch. The house in the 19th century had a number of locally prominent individuals, include Reverend William Eustis, druggist Josiah Hovey, and Hovey's son-in-law Denis Winn, who owned the town's first livery stable. [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. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Hovey-Winn House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-14.