Richard Godfrey House

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Richard Godfrey House
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Location62 County St.,
Taunton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°53′49″N71°4′51″W / 41.89694°N 71.08083°W / 41.89694; -71.08083 Coordinates: 41°53′49″N71°4′51″W / 41.89694°N 71.08083°W / 41.89694; -71.08083
Builtc. 1750
Architectural styleColonial
MPS Taunton MRA
NRHP reference No. 84002121 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1984

The Richard Godfrey House is a historic house located at 62 County Street in Taunton, Massachusetts.

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Description and history

It is a 1+12-story, wood-framed structure, with a side-gable gambrel roof (with two gable-roofed dormers), a central chimney, and clapboard siding. The main facade is five bays wide, symmetrically arranged, with a center entrance that has simple trim. It was built in about 1750 in the "Neck-o-Land" section of the town, near the Mill River where early industries developed. It is a rare surviving early gambrel-roofed structure within the city. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984. [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 Richard Godfrey House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-06-05.