Joseph Cleale House

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Joseph Cleale House
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Location147 Western Avenue,
Sherborn, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′21″N71°24′23″W / 42.23917°N 71.40639°W / 42.23917; -71.40639
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
MPS Sherborn MRA
NRHP reference No. 86000498 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 1986

The Joseph Cleale House is a historic house located in Sherborn, Massachusetts.

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Description and history

It is a 2+12-story wood-frame house, with a front-facing gable roof, clapboard siding, and twin interior chimneys. A two-story hip-roofed ell extends to the rear of the main block. The house was built c. 1820–25, and is one of the town's best-preserved transitional Federal/Greek Revival houses. Its twin recessed porches are a distinctive feature not found in any older houses, as are the Gothic-looking window caps on the main block. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [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 Joseph Cleale House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-08.