Louis Kotzow House

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Louis Kotzow House
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Louis Kotzow House
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Location641 East Avenue,
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°51′37″N71°23′24″W / 41.86028°N 71.39000°W / 41.86028; -71.39000 Coordinates: 41°51′37″N71°23′24″W / 41.86028°N 71.39000°W / 41.86028; -71.39000
Built1875
Architectural styleGothic
MPS Pawtucket MRA
NRHP reference No. 83003829 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 18, 1983

The Louis Kotzow House is a historic house in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It is a 1+12-story wood-frame structure, laid out in an L shape. Its exterior is visually busy, with numerous projecting dormer and gable sections, and elaborate woodwork, including bracketed eaves and applied Stick style woodwork on a projecting bay section. Its porch has a delicate jigsawn railing, with a wooden frieze and decorative arches above. The house, built c. 1875, is one of two (the other is the nearby Scholze-Sayles House) built by the German Land Cooperative Association, which sought to create a German-speaking enclave in the area. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [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. "Historic Resources of Pawtucket (PDF pages 88-91)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-15.