Rev. Edmund Dowse House

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Rev. Edmund Dowse House
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Location25 Farm Road,
Sherborn, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′19″N71°21′55″W / 42.23861°N 71.36528°W / 42.23861; -71.36528
Built1838
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
MPS Sherborn MRA
NRHP reference No. 86000499 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 1986

The Rev. Edmund Dowse House is a historic house in Sherborn, Massachusetts. The Greek Revival house was built in 1838 for the Rev. Edmund Dowse, the first pastor of the Evangelical Society (now the Pilgrim Church), whose sone, William Bradford Homer Dowse, was a major benefactor of the town. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]

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Description and history

The Dowse House is set on the north side of Farm Road, an east–west through road leading east from Sherborn center. Facing east, it is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, three bays wide, with a side-facing gable roof and claobpard siding. The main entrance is in the rightmost bay, sheltered by a flat-roof portico with square Doric columns and Italianate brackets. A 1+12-story ell extends to the north side, and a two-story polygonal bay window projects on the south side.

The house was built in 1838, during a significant period of growth in the town. It was built for Rev. Edmund Dowse, who was the first pastor of the Evangelical Society (now Pilgrim Church), and served in that position for 67 years. He was also politically active, serving in the state legislature and on town civic bodies. His son, William Bradford Homer Dowse, was a successful lawyer and businessman, educated at Harvard and practicing patent law. He was a major benefactor to the town, funding construction of Dowse Memorial Library (now town hall, built 1914), and the Memory Statue, built 1924. [2]

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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 Rev. Edmund Dowse House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-08.