Peter Walker House

Last updated

Peter Walker House
TauntonMA PeterWalkerHouse.jpg
USA Massachusetts location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location1679 Somerset Ave.,
Taunton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°51′26″N71°6′55″W / 41.85722°N 71.11528°W / 41.85722; -71.11528
Builtc. 1727
Architectural styleGeorgian
MPS Taunton MRA
NRHP reference No. 84002256 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1984

The Peter Walker House is a historic colonial house located at 1679 Somerset Avenue in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Contents

Description and history

Built in about 1727, this 2+1⁄2-story, Georgian style, wood-framed house is the oldest documented house in the city. It is five bays wide and two bays deep, with a side-gable roof and a large central chimney. Its main entry is framed by pilasters, and topped by a fanlight and gabled pediment. Peter Walker purchased the land, and is said to have built the house soon afterward as a wedding present for his new bride. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Peter Walker House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.