Charles Allen House (Worcester, Massachusetts)

Charles Allen House
Location 65 Elm St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°15′56″N 71°48′33″W / 42.26556°N 71.80917°WCoordinates: 42°15′56″N 71°48′33″W / 42.26556°N 71.80917°W
Built 1870
Architectural style Second Empire
Governing body Private
MPS Worcester MRA
NRHP Reference #

80000579

[1]
Added to NRHP March 05, 1980

The Charles Allen House is an historic house at 65 Elm Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is notable as an unusual and well-preserved Second Empire house, and as the home of Massachusetts lawyer, politician, and jurist Charles Allen. Built in 1870, The three story mansard-roofed building is basically square in plan, with an ell projecting from its rear, and a central pavilion slightly projecting from its front facade. The pavilion rises two stories, and is topped by a pedimented gable. The main roof cornice is studded with modillions, as is that of the porch that shelters the front entry. The house was apparently the idea of Charles Allen, and occupies a lot which previously belonged to Governor Levi Lincoln, Jr., who had built a house there which Allen had moved a short distance to make way for this house. Allen was a high-profile Worcester native, working in law practice with John Davis, another Massachusetts governor. He served in the state legislature and as a local judge before being appointed the first chief justice of the newly-organized Massachusetts Superior Court. He turned down an offer of a seat on the United States Supreme Court. Allen died in 1869, and the house may have been completed by his heirs, who owned the property into the early 20th century.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Charles Allen House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-27.