Trowbridge-Badger House

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Trowbridge-Badger House
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Location12 Prospect Street,
Winchester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°26′49″N71°8′0″W / 42.44694°N 71.13333°W / 42.44694; -71.13333
Built1886
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Queen Anne
MPS Winchester MRA
NRHP reference No. 89000647 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1989

The Trowbridge-Badger House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. The large 2.5-story house was built c. 1886, and is an excellent local representative of predominantly Queen Anne styling with Colonial Revival features. The house's irregular roof line, with many gables and projecting sections, is typically Queen Anne, while the shingled porch with Tuscan columns is Colonial Revival. Little is known of its early owners beyond their names. [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 Trowbridge-Badger House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-18.