Nightengale House

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Nightengale House
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Location24 Quincy St., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′32″N71°0′23″W / 42.24222°N 71.00639°W / 42.24222; -71.00639
Built1855
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Quincy MRA
NRHP reference No. 89001370 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1989

The Nightengale House is a historic house at 24 Quincy Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. The 1+12-story wood-frame house was built in the 1850s, probably by Thomas Nightengale, whose son Jerimiah got the property around 1876. It is a worker's cottage somewhat typical of many built during that time, with Greek Revival and Gothic Revival decorative elements. Its front facade originally had pilasters at the corners, rising to a frieze, but these details have been lost by the application of siding (see photo). Its surviving Gothic details include the steeply pitched front dormers, and pointed-arch windows in the end gables. [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 Nightengale House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-06.