National Register of Historic Places

Morse, Daniel, III, House

Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Listed
January 3, 1986
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
86000505

About this property

The Daniel Morse III House is a historic First Period house at 210 Farm Road in Sherborn, Massachusetts. With its oldest portion dating to about 1710, it is one of the town's oldest surviving buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The Daniel Morse III House stands in a rural area of eastern Sherborn, on the west side of Farm Road north of its junction with Forest Road. It is a 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame structure, with a gabled roof, central chimney, and shingled exterior. At the rear the roof extends to the first floor, giving the house a saltbox profile. The front facade is three bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by pilasters and topped by a transom window and gabled pediment. An ell extends to the rear of the main block. Other buildings on the property include a barn and chicken coop. The oldest portion of this house was built c. 1710, and is one of a handful of First Period houses in the town. Originally a three-bay structure with off-center chimney, it was extended to its present five-bay configuration with central chimney in the late 18th century. Daniel Morse III, who built the house, was the son of one of Sherborn's first settlers, who acquired 800 acres (320 ha) of surrounding land in 1656. The house was sold out of the Morse family in the late 18th century. The barn, south of the house, was built in 1900 in the Shingle style. National Register of Historic Places listings in Sherborn, Massachusetts

Location

210 Farm Rd.
Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
42.23475, -71.33635

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When was Morse, Daniel, III, House listed on the National Register?

Morse, Daniel, III, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 3, 1986.

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Morse, Daniel, III, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Morse, Daniel, III, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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