Webster-Lane House

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Webster-Lane House
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Location304 Main Street,
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°36′56.43″N70°39′24.3″W / 42.6156750°N 70.656750°W / 42.6156750; -70.656750
Built1840
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPS Gloucester MPS
NRHP reference No. 96000475 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1996

The Webster-Lane House is a historic house in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The two-story wood-frame Greek Revival house was built sometime before 1845, when it first appears on city maps. It was occupied by Nathaniel Webster, a hotel proprietor and ice dealer, between at least 1851 and 1860. It was also occupied, from at least 1869 until 1900, buy Samuel R. Lane, a major merchant and shipper of fish products. Some of the house's Greek Revival features, most notably its columned porch, are unique in the city. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [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. "MACRIS inventory record for Webster-Lane House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-23.