Merrill Double House

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Merrill Double House
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Merrill Double House
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Location18-20 West St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′53″N71°48′36″W / 42.26472°N 71.81000°W / 42.26472; -71.81000 Coordinates: 42°15′53″N71°48′36″W / 42.26472°N 71.81000°W / 42.26472; -71.81000
Built1879
Architectural styleGothic
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP reference No. 80000581 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 05, 1980

The Merrill Double House is an historic two family house at 18-20 West Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story Victorian Gothic Revival brick building was built c. 1879, apparently by the heirs of a local shopowner, Enoch Merrill, whose house had previously stood on the lot. The two units are symmetrically laid out on either side of a common party wall. The center of the main facade includes a porch that shelters the paired entrances, and each side facade includes a pavilion that rises a full three stories with a steeply pitched roof. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [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 Merrill Double House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-15.