Aldrich - Scott House - Mendon Center Historic District - Mendon MA
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nomadwillie
N 42° 06.293 W 071° 32.769
19T E 289473 N 4664559
Built in the 1830's or 1840's if was first owned by S Aldrich, member of one of the first families to settle in the area.
Waymark Code: WMGWPN
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2013
Views: 3
The Aldrich Scott House is a well crafted Greek Revival dwelling of the 1830's or 1840's. The entrance has fluted Doric pilasters and dentillated cornice headed entablature in Greek Revival manner. The house possesses gable block form. The front facade is clad with wooden clapboards, the sides and back are as well. The house is 1 1/2 stories built on a stone foundation.
It is historically siginficant as the farmstead for the Aldrich and Scott families. It may have had a 19th century sawmill located to the rear of the house. The first known owner was S Aldrich, who was a farmer. It abuts the old Quaker burial ground. The Aldriches were o
ne of Mendon's Quaker families. George Aldrich was the partriarch of one of Mendon's seven original families settling in the area in 1663. 9 George St remained under Aldrich ownership until the 1870's. By 1898 Newman H Scott, toolmaker for the Draper Woolen Machinery COm in Hopedale owned the house.
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Mendon Center Historic District
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Address:
9 George St, Mendon, MA
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