N. Williams House | |
Location | 7 Rawson St., Uxbridge, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°5′24″N71°40′38″W / 42.09000°N 71.67722°W |
Built | 1845 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
MPS | Uxbridge MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 83004147 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 7, 1983 |
The N. Williams House is an historic house at 7 Rawson Street (just northeast of its junction with Williams Street) in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2 story wood-frame house was built c. 1845–55, and is one of Uxbridge's finest Greek Revival houses. It is five bays wide and four deep, with a pair of interior chimneys. It has corner pilasters supporting a full and wide cornice. Windows are set in moulded frames, the main entry is framed by sidelights, pilasters, and a cornice, and there are secondary entrances one the east elevation, one with sidelights and a transom window, the other with a transom window. [2]
On October 7, 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
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