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{{short description|Historic house in Massachusetts, United States}}
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| location = 93 Maple St.,<br/>[[Sherborn, Massachusetts]]
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The '''Clark-Northrup House''' is a historic house at 93 Maple Street in [[Sherborn, Massachusetts]]. Built c. 1845–55, it is a locally unusual example of a Greek Revival house with a more traditional Georgian side-gable roof. The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1986.<ref name="nris"/>
The '''Clark–Northrup House''' is a historic house in [[Sherborn, Massachusetts]]. Built c. 1845–55, it is a locally unusual example of a [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] house with a more traditional [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] side-gable roof. The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1986.<ref name="nris"/>


==Description and history==
==Description and history==
The Clark-Northrup House is located on the south side of Maple Street, a local through street leading west from Sherborn center. It is screened from the road by trees, and is accessed via a semicircular drive. The house is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, central chimney, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. The center entry is sheltered by a Doric porch, with Doric details also found in the house's corner boards and entablature.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=SHR.70|title=NRHP nomination for Clark-Northrup House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2014-05-08}}</ref>
The Clark–Northrup House is located on the south side of Maple Street, a local through street leading west from Sherborn center. It is screened from the road by trees, and is accessed via a semicircular drive. The house is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, central chimney, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. The center entry is sheltered by a flat-roof porch, supported by square posts with Doric capitals. Doric pilasters rise at the building corners to a broad entablature. The ground-floor front windows are taller than those of the second floor, and are topped by a shallow projecting cornices.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=SHR.70|title=NRHP nomination for Clark–Northrup House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2014-05-08}}</ref>


The house is estimated to have been built c. 1845–55, and was probably around the time of Nathaniel Clark's marriage in 1844. Clark was the son of Rev. Amos Clark, who lived across the street in a 1729 house. The house is locally unusual, as most Greek Revival houses have a front-facing gable and are three bays wide. Nathaniel Clark sold the house to Isaiah Northrup, a farmer, in the late 1860s or early 1870s.<ref name=NRHP/>
The house is estimated to have been built c. 1845–55, and was probably around the time of Nathaniel Clark's marriage in 1844. Clark was the son of Rev. Amos Clark, who lived across the street in a 1729 house. The house is locally unusual, as most Greek Revival houses have a front-facing gable and are three bays wide. Nathaniel Clark sold the house to Isaiah Northrup, a farmer, in the late 1860s or early 1870s.<ref name=NRHP/>


==See also==
==See also==
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Latest revision as of 17:45, 30 May 2022

Clark–Northrup House
Clark–Northrup House is located in Massachusetts
Clark–Northrup House
Clark–Northrup House is located in the United States
Clark–Northrup House
Location93 Maple St.,
Sherborn, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°14′19″N 71°23′14″W / 42.23861°N 71.38722°W / 42.23861; -71.38722
Area5.1 acres (2.1 ha)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSSherborn MRA
NRHP reference No.86000497[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 1986

The Clark–Northrup House is a historic house in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Built c. 1845–55, it is a locally unusual example of a Greek Revival house with a more traditional Georgian side-gable roof. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

Description and history[edit]

The Clark–Northrup House is located on the south side of Maple Street, a local through street leading west from Sherborn center. It is screened from the road by trees, and is accessed via a semicircular drive. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, central chimney, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. The center entry is sheltered by a flat-roof porch, supported by square posts with Doric capitals. Doric pilasters rise at the building corners to a broad entablature. The ground-floor front windows are taller than those of the second floor, and are topped by a shallow projecting cornices.[2]

The house is estimated to have been built c. 1845–55, and was probably around the time of Nathaniel Clark's marriage in 1844. Clark was the son of Rev. Amos Clark, who lived across the street in a 1729 house. The house is locally unusual, as most Greek Revival houses have a front-facing gable and are three bays wide. Nathaniel Clark sold the house to Isaiah Northrup, a farmer, in the late 1860s or early 1870s.[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Clark–Northrup House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
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