The Harold H. Anthony House is a historic house located on Gardner's Neck in

Swansea, Massachusetts Swansea is a town in Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts. It is located at the mouth of the Taunton River, just west of Fall River, south of Boston, and southeast of Providence, Rhode Island. The population was 17,144 at the 2020 cens ...

. Built in 1922 to a design by

R. Clipston Sturgis Richard Clipston Sturgis (1860-1951), generally known as R. Clipston Sturgis, was an American architect based in Boston, Massachusetts. Life and career Richard Clipston Sturgis was born December 24, 1860, in Boston, Massachusetts to Russell and S ...

, it is a high quality local example of Georgian Revival architecture, unusual in the town for its use of brick. It was listed on the

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on February 12, 1990.

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Gardner's Neck is a

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projecting southward into

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between the Cole and Lee Rivers on Swansea's south coast. The house stands at the southern end of the peninsula, just west of the David M. Anthony House. It is a -story brick building, with a gabled roof. It has a rectangular main section, with wings extending toward the water on each side. The main entrance is set under a Classical portico with triangular pediment, supported by grouped Doric columns. This elegant two-story brick Georgian Revival house was designed by

and built in 1922 for Harold Anthony, son of David M. Anthony, on land subdivided from a larger property purchased by the elder Anthony in 1883. It is rare in Swansea both as a brick house, and as one designed by a major architect. Unlike his father's house, which was intended as a summer property, Harold's was designed for year-round occupation, and started a trend of winterization of summer houses on Gardner's Neck.

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Houses completed in 1922 Houses in Swansea, Massachusetts Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts 1922 establishments in Massachusetts

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