Pratt, Freeman Farm - Bacon--Morse Historic District - Southbridge, MA
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N 42° 02.324 W 072° 00.768
18T E 747254 N 4658394
The Pratt, Freeman Farm is the earliest structure in the area, a well preserved one-and-a-half story, five bay house with central chimney which forms most of the ell of this two story Federal style house.
Waymark Code: WM13NWA
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2021
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The earliest structure in the area is a well preserved one-and-a-half story, five bay house with central chimney which forms most of the ell of this two story Federal style house. The Federal period section of the house is the most elaborate of the other houses in the district.
Built on a three bay, side entry, pediment front plan, its has such fine Federal elements as a fan motif flanked by tapered pilasters in the pediment and an unusual door frame with a strongly projecting cornice above a pilastered frieze and pairs of thin tapered pilasters flanking 3/4 length sidelights. Resting on a granite foundation and roofed with slate, the house is one of only two well preserved Federal style farmhouses in Southbridge. It is also among the best preserved examples in town of a transitional Federal/Greek Revival style house featuring the three bay gable front house form with Federal details. The 19th-century barn still stands north of the ell.
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