John Richardson House (Barnstable, Massachusetts)

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Location242 Phinney's Lane,
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°39′28″N70°20′21″W / 41.65778°N 70.33917°W / 41.65778; -70.33917 Coordinates: 41°39′28″N70°20′21″W / 41.65778°N 70.33917°W / 41.65778; -70.33917
Built1795
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Barnstable MRA
NRHP reference No. 87000281 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1987

The John Richardson House is a historic house in the Centerville area of Barnstable, Massachusetts. The 1+12-story wood-frame Cape style house was built c. 1795 by John Richardson, member of a locally prominent family and the first teacher at the Phinney's Lane School. It is four bays wide (a "3/4 house"), with the main entrance and chimney in the second bay from the left. The house is one of Centerville's older houses, located near the site of its first meetinghouse and cemetery. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [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. "MACRIS inventory record for John Richardson House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-04.