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The A. Chapin House is a historic house located at 36 Pleasant Street, in
Uxbridge, Massachusetts Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, first colonized in 1662 and incorporated in 1727. It was originally part of the town of Mendon, and named for the Earl of Uxbridge. The town is located southwest of Boston an ...
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Description and history

It is a -story wood-framed structure, with a front-facing gable roof and clapboard siding. The building corners are pilastered, and it has a wide cornice. The front entry is flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters. The house was built c. 1855-57 as a typical
Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...
side hall entry house. It was restyled in 1880, adding significant
Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...
styling, including an ornately decorated porch. Little is known about most of its owners, including A. Chapin, its first documented owner (1857). On October 7, 1983, it was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
, where it is listed at 26 Pleasant Street.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Uxbridge, Massachusetts Uxbridge, Massachusetts has 53 sites on the National Register of Historic Places. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in an online map by c ...


References

Houses completed in 1855 Houses in Uxbridge, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Uxbridge, Massachusetts Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts Greek Revival houses in Massachusetts Gothic Revival architecture in Massachusetts {{WorcesterCountyMA-NRHP-stub