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The John Legg House is a historic house at 5 Claremont Street in
Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester ( , ) is a city and county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, the city's population was 206,518 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the second-List of cities i ...
. The Queen Anne style house was built in 1892 to a design by noted local architect
Stephen Earle Stephen Carpenter Earle (January 4, 1839 – December 12, 1913) was an architect who designed a number of buildings in Massachusetts and Connecticut that were built in the late 19th century, with many in Worcester, Massachusetts. He trained in ...
for John Legg, owner of the Worcester Woolens Company, one of the city's largest textile businesses. It is a -story wood-frame with an asymmetrical plan. One unusual feature is a first floor bay on the right side which is topped by a parapet. The center and left side of the house are sheltered by a porch, with a decorated gable end over the stairs. The house 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 1980. Since the listing, some of the exterior features have been lost due to a later residing of the house.


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Franklin Wesson House The Franklin Wesson House is an historic house at 8 Claremont Street in the Main South neighborhood of Worcester, Massachusetts. It is one of the finest High Gothic Victorian houses in the city. It was designed by architect Amos Porter Cutting ...
, 8 Claremont Street, also owned by a major Worcester businessman *
National Register of Historic Places listings in southwestern Worcester, Massachusetts There are 291 properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts. Of these, 82 are west of I-190 and the north-south section of I-290 and south of Massachusetts Route 122, and are listed below ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) designated in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The locations of NRHP properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be ...


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Houses in Worcester, Massachusetts Queen Anne architecture in Massachusetts Houses completed in 1896 National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts {{WorcesterMA-NRHP-stub