House at 18 Walnut Street

The House at 18 Walnut Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts is one of two modest yet remarkably high Shingle Style houses on Walnut Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. It was built c. 1898 by George Wells, president of the locally important American Optical Company, apparently to provide worker housing for company employees. Of the two houses Wells had built, this one is the best preserved. It has a slate gambrel roof with projecting sections.[2]

House at 18 Walnut Street
18 Walnut Street
House at 18 Walnut Street is located in Massachusetts
House at 18 Walnut Street
House at 18 Walnut Street is located in the United States
House at 18 Walnut Street
Location18 Walnut St., Southbridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°4′25″N 72°1′46″W / 42.07361°N 72.02944°W / 42.07361; -72.02944
Built1898
Architectural styleShingle Style
MPSSouthbridge MRA
NRHP reference No.89000580[1]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1989

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] Its original shingle siding has been replaced, as has the diamond-lighted bay window projecting from the front gable end.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for 18 Walnut Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-02.