National Register of Historic Places

Bassett, Maria, House

Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Listed
September 26, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85002681

About this property

The Maria Bassett House is a historic house in Arlington, Massachusetts. Built c. 1850–70, it is one of the oldest houses in northwestern Arlington, and a particularly grand example of Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The Maria Bassett House stands on a hillside overlooking the Lower Mystic Lake, at the southeast corner of College Avenue and Stowecroft Road and a short way above United States Route 3, from which it is separated by an intervening house. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with its front facade oriented to face roughly east, toward the lake. Its Italianate features include a hip roof with extended eaves, paired brackets and dentil moulding in the eaves, and corner boards scored to resemble quoins. The porch, which wraps around two sides, is also elaborately decorated, with brackets, dentil moulding, paired columns, and turned balusters. It probably once had a cupola, another high-style Italianate feature. A modern ell extends to the rear of the house. Estimated to have been built between 1850 and 1870, it was one of the first to be built in the northwestern part of the town, most of which was not developed residentially until the 20th century. The rolling hills of the area were at the time primarily used for dairy farming. National Register of Historic Places listings in Arlington, Massachusetts

Location

8 College Ave.
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
42.42790, -71.15328

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When was Bassett, Maria, House listed on the National Register?

Bassett, Maria, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 26, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Bassett, Maria, House?

Bassett, Maria, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Bassett, Maria, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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