Samuel Harrison House is a historic house at 82 Third Street in

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. Built about 1850, it was for many years home to Rev. Samuel Harrison, a regionally-prominent

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(1818–1900) who served as chaplain to the

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during the

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. It was listed on the

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in 2006.

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The Samuel Harrison House stands on the east side of Third Street near its junction with Silver Street in a residential area northeast of Pittsfield's central Park Square. It is a -story plank-framed wooden structure, with a gabled roof, and a shed-roof porch extending along its south side. It has modest vernacular

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elements, include gable returns and a Doric column supporting the porch, whose rear section is enclosed. In 2004, the Samuel Harrison Society was formed to save Rev. Samuel Harrison's house from demolition after learning that it had historic value. Now with Rev. Harrison's house on the Registry of Historic Places, the Samuel Harrison Society is committed to restoring and preserving the home.Samuel Harrison House website (accessed August 20, 2008)

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Samuel Harrison Society web site
{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Pittsfield, Massachusetts Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Berkshire County, Massachusetts Greek Revival architecture in Massachusetts African-American history of Massachusetts

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