| Clark–Eames House | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location | 230 Middlefield Rd., Washington, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°20′36″N 73°04′30″W / 42.3433°N 73.0751°W / 42.3433; -73.0751 |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | c. 1790 (1790) |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Washington MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002139 |
| Added to NRHP | September 12, 1986 |
The Clark–Eames House is a historic house located at 230 Middlefield Road in Washington, Massachusetts. Probably built around 1790, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century houses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Description and history
The Clark–Eames House is located in a rural setting in the southeastern corner of Washington; the closest village is that of Becket to the southwest. It is located on the southeast side of Middlefield Road, roughly opposite its junction with Johnson Hill Road. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. Its five-bay front facade has simple Federal period styling, with simple moulded surrounds around the windows, and a center entrance with flanking pilasters and a corniced entablature. In the late 19th century, the entrance was sheltered by a gable-roof hood with Victorian styling, but that has since been removed.
It is one of only a handful houses constructed in the area during the 18th century, with a construction date sometime between 1782 and 1797. Its presence in a remote corner of the town exemplifies the town's dispersed form of settlement. The house was the seat of a 70-acre (28 ha) farm for most of the 19th century. It now serves as a vacation residence, show another trend on how the town's economy has changed in the 20th century.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Clark–Eames House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
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