Misplaced Pages

Samuel Bancroft House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	232 West St., Reading, Massachusetts
Built	1748 (1748)
Architectural style	Georgian
MPS	Reading MRA
NRHP reference No.	84002471
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1984

The Samuel Bancroft House is a historic house in Reading, Massachusetts. With an estimated construction date of 1748, it is one of the town's older surviving houses, and one of a small number from the late colonial period. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Description and history

The Samuel Bancroft House stands in a residential area of western Reading, on the west side of West Street a short way north of its junction with Wescroft Road. Unlike later infill residential construction which surrounds it, the house is oriented with its main facade facing south instead of toward the street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and exterior of clapboards (on the front) and wooden shingles (on the sides and rear). It has a symmetrical five-bay facade, with a center entrance that is sheltered by a 20th-century hip-roofed vestibule. The second-floor windows are set high, butting against the top plate in a typical Georgian fashion. The right side has a 20th-century bay window replacing one of the window bays.

The house was built about 1748, and may incorporate portions of an even older building. It was built by Samuel Bancroft, a locally prominent civic leader, who purchased the property, then extending all the way to County Road, in 1748. The house was later owned by Ephraim Weston, a businessman who built another house nearby and turned this house over to his son. It is the oldest home located in Reading's West Street Historic District.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "NRHP nomination for Samuel Bancroft House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
3. "Reading, MA Historic District Commission" (PDF).
4. "List of Properties in Historic District" (PDF).

v t e Reading, Massachusetts
Incorporated in 1644 Based in Middlesex County in Massachusetts Population 24,747
General information	Reading History Settlement 19th Century 20th Century Geography Demographics Government Education Transportation Points of Interest Notable residents Suggested reading
Institutions	Ace Art Company Camp Curtis Guild Compugraphic Reading Public Schools MBTA bus routes Coolidge Middle School Reading (MBTA station) Reading Municipal Building Wood End School
Attractions	Aberjona River NRHPs
Notable residents	Jess Brallier Joshua Eaton Mark Erelli William M. Fowler Fred Foy Dr. John Hart Lennie Merullo Moses Nichols Dea. Thomas Parker Eddie Peabody Chris Pizzotti Bill Russell Tom Silva Charles Austin Tweed Brad Whitford
Natl. Hist. Places (Houses)	Bancroft Houses Joseph Samuel Wendell Edwin Bassett House Batchelder House Batchelder Houses Alden George Nathaniel Battell House Benjamin Beard House Brackett House Brande House Carroll–Hartshorn House Carter Mansion Gilman Coggin House Asa M. Cook House Damon Houses Joseph Washington Durgin House Eaton–Prescott House Luther Elliott House Samuel Foster House Stephen Hall House Harnden–Browne House Timothy Hartshorn House Hartwell House 11 Beach St. 26 Center Av. 322 Haven St. 129 High St. 77 Howard St. 1177 Main St. 16 Mineral St. Salem St. 42 79–81 Summer Av. 199 242 483 44 Temple St. 206 West St. 57 Woburn St. Lewis House Manning Houses Charles Jacob Nichols Houses James Richard Octagon House Old Hose House Parker Houses Haven St. Salem St. Nathaniel Joseph Samuel Stillman William Pierce House Pratt House Stillman Pratt House Roberts House Rowhouses, 256–274 Haven Rev. Peter Sanborn House Thomas Symonds House Temple Houses Joseph Mark Charles Wells House Weston Houses Ephraim Jabez
Natl. Hist. Places (Buildings)	Ace Art Company B&M Depot Bowser Gazebo Common Hist. Dist. Dewey Place Haverhill Street Milestone Highland School Kemp Barn Kemp Place Masonic Block Daniel Nichols Homestead Jerry Nichols Tavern Parker Tavern Pearl Street School Pierce Organ Pipe Factory Reading Municipal Building Reading Municipal Light and Power Station Reading Standpipe Smith Shoe Shop Walnut St. School Wisteria Lodge Woburn St. Hist. Dist.
v t e Neighboring towns Wilmington North Reading Lynnfield Pinehurst Reading Woburn Stoneham (Template) Wakefield (Template)
Category Town of Reading

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types
Lists by county	Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester (northern)
Lists by city	Barnstable County Barnstable Harwich Bristol County Fall River New Bedford Taunton Essex County Andover Gloucester Ipswich Lawrence Lynn Methuen Salem Hampden County Springfield Middlesex County Arlington Cambridge Concord Framingham Lexington Lowell Marlborough Medford Newton Reading Sherborn Somerville Stoneham Wakefield Waltham Weston Winchester Norfolk County Brookline Milton Quincy Suffolk County Boston northern southern Worcester County Southbridge Uxbridge Worcester eastern northwestern southwestern
Other lists	Bridges Cape Cod National Seashore National Historic Landmarks Boston
Category National Register of Historic Places portal United States portal

• Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Reading, Massachusetts
• 1748 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay