Leggett House (Merced, California)

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Leggett House
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Location352 W. 22nd St, Merced, California
Coordinates 37°18′19″N120°28′40″W / 37.30528°N 120.47778°W / 37.30528; -120.47778
Built1884
ArchitectHerron, E.M.
Architectural style Queen Anne-Victorian architecture
NRHP reference No. 79000501 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 25, 1979

The Leggett House in Merced, California, also known as Queen Anne Inn, is a historic house located at 352 W. 22nd St. in Merced, California. The house was built in the Queen Anne style of Victorian architecture. Its most prominent feature is the Witch's Cap on its roof, a cone-shaped turret with eight scalloped hips. The home's design also includes a steep shingle roof, gables on the porch and sides of the house, and horizontal shiplap and fish scale shingle siding on its first and second floors respectively. E. M. Herron, a local rancher, built the home in 1884; he later sold it to pioneer and Merced postmaster Thomas H. Leggett, who operated a jewelry store in the house's parlor. [2]

The Leggett House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 25, 1979. [1] The Thomas H. Leggett House, another house in Merced owned by Leggett, is also listed on the National Register.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Christensen, Paul Randolph; Candice Lindsay Christensen (July 30, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Leggett House". Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service . Retrieved April 10, 2013.