Vickery-Baylies House | |
 Vickery-Baylies House, September 2012 | |
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| Location | 56 Summer St., Taunton, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′59″N71°5′15″W / 41.89972°N 71.08750°W Coordinates: 41°53′59″N71°5′15″W / 41.89972°N 71.08750°W |
| Built | 1830 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Taunton MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002252 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 5, 1984 |
The Vickery-Baylies House is a historic house located at 56 Summer Street in Taunton, Massachusetts.
The 2+1⁄2-story, wood-framed house was built in 1830, most likely by one of the city's local mill owners. The house is one of only two large-scale Greek Revival houses (the other is the Tisdale-Morse House) to survive from that period. Charles Vickery, whose family owned it for much of the second half of the 19th century, was the son of a ship's captain, and a merchant and banker in the city. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984. [1]
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