Israel B. Mason House

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Israel B. Mason House
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Location Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°48′31″N71°25′16″W / 41.808701°N 71.421039°W / 41.808701; -71.421039 Coordinates: 41°48′31″N71°25′16″W / 41.808701°N 71.421039°W / 41.808701; -71.421039
Built1888
Architect Stone, Carpenter & Willson
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No. 77000001 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 16, 1977

The Israel B. Mason House is an historic house at 571 Broad Street in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, built in 1888 for Israel Bowen Mason, a wealthy merchant. It is one of the city's finest Queen Anne residences, with a visually complex assortment of projecting bays, verandas, turrets and gables. Particularly of note are its eastern porch and three-story octagonal tower. The house was designed by Stone, Carpenter & Willson, a prominent local architecture firm, for Mason, a self-made successful wholesaler of grocery and meat products. [2] The house now houses a funeral home.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Israel B. Mason House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-15.