National Register of Historic Places

DeRochmont House

Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Listed
July 4, 1989
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
89000642

About this property

The DeRochmont House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. Built about 1876 by a Maine lumber magnate as part of the exclusive Rangeley Estate, it is one three examples of Panel Brick Queen Anne architecture in the town. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The Rangeley Estate subdivision was a high-end residential development, located southwest of Winchester center on the west side of the railroad tracks. The land was purchased by David Skilling, a lumber businessman from Maine, and developed by him into an exclusive gated development (its wall and a gate are still visible on Church Street near this house). This house was built by him for the DeRochmont family, about whom nothing is known. The house stands at the southeast corner of Church Street and Rangeley Road, at the northern end of Skilling's development. It is a 2+1⁄2-story brick house, with a complex roofline typical of the Queen Anne period. The walls are made of polychromatic (principally red and black) brick, with some sandstone trim elements. Gable ends are decorated with vergeboard, and window lintels are sandstone carved with floral motifs on the first floor, and with sawtooth motif on the second. Eastlake-style posts demarcate windows in the gables, and support the small entry porch on the west side. Webster Childs House, another Skilling brick house Samuel Elder House, the third Skilling brick house National Register of Historic Places listings in Winchester, Massachusetts

Location

2--4 Rangeley Rd.
Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
42.45095, -71.13923

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTARCHITECTURE
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Nearby Battles

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When was DeRochmont House listed on the National Register?

DeRochmont House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 4, 1989.

What type of historic resource is DeRochmont House?

DeRochmont House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for DeRochmont House is recorded as the industrial era.

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