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68: 888: 93: 260:, a major Worcester arms manufacturer. It is roughly rectangular in form, but has a number of protrusions, most notably a three-story tower over its entrance that is capped by a steeply pitched slate hip roof. The body of the house is also topped by a hip roof with a major bay on the right side whose steeply pitched roof rises to its own peak. The windows of the house are predominantly narrower with rounded tops, and there are horizontal bands of decorative brickwork at several levels. 900: 432: 877: 51: 100: 75: 1001: 515: 823: 818: 282: 813: 446: 511: 491: 486: 481: 451: 287: 501: 471: 373: 506: 496: 476: 456: 845: 466: 461: 850: 798: 678: 632: 565: 728: 703: 663: 591: 560: 539: 996: 808: 744: 713: 668: 653: 648: 803: 708: 698: 601: 718: 693: 683: 658: 611: 596: 586: 570: 544: 754: 749: 723: 688: 673: 616: 606: 366: 1006: 780: 775: 880: 382: 359: 770: 855: 421: 411: 133: 967: 860: 67: 991: 892: 92: 406: 925: 315: 264: 37: 960: 986: 953: 351: 191: 257: 929: 232: 121: 235:. It is one of the finest High Gothic Victorian houses in the city. It was designed by architect 941: 401: 416: 396: 320: 904: 8: 283:
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256:-story brick structure was built in 1874 for Franklin Wesson, one of the founders of 276: 236: 176: 334: 288:
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227:is an historic house at 8 Claremont Street in the 978: 893:National Register of Historic Places portal 16:Historic house in Massachusetts, United States 961: 367: 99: 74: 335:"NRHP nomination for Franklin Wesson House" 968: 954: 374: 360: 49: 38:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 979: 311:"National Register Information System" 305: 303: 355: 926:National Register of Historic Places 919: 316:National Register of Historic Places 265:National Register of Historic Places 327: 300: 13: 992:Houses in Worcester, Massachusetts 14: 1018: 898: 886: 876: 875: 430: 98: 91: 73: 66: 337:. Commonwealth of Massachusetts 202: 1: 293: 107:Show map of the United States 940:. 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Franklin Wesson House is located in Massachusetts
Franklin Wesson House is located in the United States
Worcester, Massachusetts
42°15′16″N 71°49′2″W / 42.25444°N 71.81722°W / 42.25444; -71.81722
Amos P. Cutting
MPS
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Main South
Worcester, Massachusetts
Amos Porter Cutting
Harrington & Richardson
National Register of Historic Places
John Legg House
National Register of Historic Places listings in southwestern Worcester, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts


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