Windswept Acres, or the Powers House, is a historic house on
New Hampshire Route 31
New Hampshire Route 31 (abbreviated NH 31) is a north–south state highway in southern New Hampshire. It runs from Mason on the Massachusetts border, where, as Greenville Road, the road becomes Massachusetts Route 31. It passes through Greenvil ...
in
Goshen, New Hampshire. Built about 1800, it is one of Goshen's oldest houses, and one of a cluster of
plank-frame houses in the community. 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 ...
in 1985.
Description and history
Windswept Acres is located in a rural setting in southern Goshen, on the east side of
New Hampshire Route 31
New Hampshire Route 31 (abbreviated NH 31) is a north–south state highway in southern New Hampshire. It runs from Mason on the Massachusetts border, where, as Greenville Road, the road becomes Massachusetts Route 31. It passes through Greenvil ...
about south of its junction with
New Hampshire Route 10
New Hampshire Route 10 is a north–south state highway in western New Hampshire, United States. Its southern terminus is in Winchester at the Massachusetts state line, where it continues south as Massachusetts Route 10. Administratively, the ...
. It is a -story Cape style
plank-frame house, seven bays wide, with a gabled roof and shingled exterior. Its front entry is off-center, and is framed by simple molding and topped by a four-light transom window. There are two sash windows to its left and four to its right. A three-bay ell extends from the south of the main block, and there is an enclosed porch attached to the rear. A garage is connected to the north side of the house by a breezeway.
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Built about 1800, the house is one of the oldest houses in Goshen. It is built with a distinctive horizontal plank framing method (as distinguished from other local examples where the framing is vertical) laid across a more typical box frame.]
See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
References
{{NRHP in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Houses completed in 1800
Houses in Goshen, New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New Hampshire