Nathaniel Montgomery House

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Nathaniel Montgomery House
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Nathaniel Montgomery House
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Location Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°52′51″N71°23′5″W / 41.88083°N 71.38472°W / 41.88083; -71.38472 Coordinates: 41°52′51″N71°23′5″W / 41.88083°N 71.38472°W / 41.88083; -71.38472
Built1814
ArchitectNathaniel Montgomery
NRHP reference No. 84002030 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1984

The Nathaniel Montgomery House is an historic house at 178 High Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

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Background

It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a large central chimney, and a centered entry framed by sidelights and pilasters, and topped by an entablature. It was built c. 1815, probably by Nathaniel Montgomery, its first owner, as a tenement house, evidenced by the unusual room arrangements in the interior. It is the oldest known surviving tenement house in the city. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [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. "NRHP nomination for Nathaniel Montgomery House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-17.