William R. Bateman House | |
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| Location | 148 Monroe Rd., Quincy, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°15′6″N71°0′30.3″W / 42.25167°N 71.008417°W |
| Built | 1890 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| MPS | Quincy MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001359 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 20, 1989 |
The William R. Bateman House is a historic house located at 148 Monroe Road in Quincy, Massachusetts.
The 2+1⁄2-story, wood-framed house was built in the 1890s for William Bateman, Boston-based wool dealer. The large Queen Anne style house is located in President's Hill, at that time a fashionable neighborhood for upper-class local and Boston businessmen. The house as a complex roofline and massing, and its first floor and porch are built out of fieldstone, a rare use of the material in the area. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 1989. [1]
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