Hodges House (Taunton, Massachusetts)
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The Hodges House is a historic house at 41 Worcester Street in
Taunton, Massachusetts Taunton is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Bristol County. Taunton is situated on the Taunton River which winds its way through the city on its way to Mount ...
. Built about 1850, it is a well-preserved example of a Greek Revival Cape style house. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1984.


Description and history

The Hodges House is located in a rural residential area of northwestern Taunton, on the northeast side of Worcester Street a short way south of its junction with Norton Road. It is a -story Cape style house, with a side gable roof and clapboarded exterior. It has a slightly off-center central chimney. The front is five bays wide, with two sash windows on either side of the entrance. The main entry is flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters, and is topped by an entablature. The building's corners are also pilastered, rising to an entablature that extends across the front at the eave. A -story ell extends to the right, set back from the main block. It also has a central chimney, and a recessed porch in its left side, supported by a square column. At the back of the porch is a secondary entrance on the left, and two sash windows to the right. To the right of the porch is a single sash window, set near the building corner. The house was built about 1850, probably for someone in the Hodges family, who were major landowners in the area. It has retained virtually all of its original
Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
elements, and is one of the best preserved examples of this style in the city.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts List of Registered Historic Places in Taunton, Massachusetts, which has been transferred from and is an integral part of National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol County, Massachusetts ...


References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Taunton, Massachusetts Houses in Taunton, Massachusetts Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts Greek Revival architecture in Massachusetts