Wildwood Cottage

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Wildwood Cottage
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LocationBancroft Rd., off Tolman Pond Rd., Harrisville, New Hampshire
Coordinates 42°57′52″N72°6′0″W / 42.96444°N 72.10000°W / 42.96444; -72.10000 Coordinates: 42°57′52″N72°6′0″W / 42.96444°N 72.10000°W / 42.96444; -72.10000
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1865 (1865)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival
MPS Harrisville MRA
NRHP reference No. 86003240 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 14, 1988

The Wildwood Cottage is a historic house on Bancroft Road in Harrisville, New Hampshire. Built in the 1860s, this 1+12-story Greek Revival cottage is one of two surviving houses associated with a small-scale industrial area known as "Mosquitoville". It was probably the residence of the owners of the sawmill at the site. The Mosquitoville complex (of which only the two houses survive), was an economically significant part of the town for nearly 100 years, supplying wooden parts to the mills in the center of Harrisville. This house stylistically resembles some of those built in the village. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Wildwood Cottage". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-05-09.