Moore House (Winchester, Massachusetts)

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Moore House
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Location85 Walnut Street,
Winchester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°27′4″N71°7′49″W / 42.45111°N 71.13028°W / 42.45111; -71.13028 Coordinates: 42°27′4″N71°7′49″W / 42.45111°N 71.13028°W / 42.45111; -71.13028
Built1845
Architectural styleGothic Revival
MPS Winchester MRA
NRHP reference No. 89000620 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1989

The Moore House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. The 1+12-story Gothic Revival house was probably built sometime in the 1840s, possibly by George Moore, a local builder whose family was listed as resident there 1865–1931.

The house is distinctive for having three steeply pitched gable dormers in front, decorated with vergeboard, and for a small mansard-roofed tower added to the rear in the 1870s. The single-story front porch has a flat roof, with a decorative jigsawn valance. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [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 Moore House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-16.