J.E. Buswell House

J.E. Buswell House
Location Methuen, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°43′52″N 71°9′43″W / 42.73111°N 71.16194°WCoordinates: 42°43′52″N 71°9′43″W / 42.73111°N 71.16194°W
Built 1875
Architectural style Second Empire
Governing body Private
MPS Methuen MRA
NRHP Reference #

84002317

[1]
Added to NRHP January 20, 1984

The J.E. Buswell House is a historic house at 535-537 Prospect Street in Methuen, Massachusetts built in 1875. It is a three-story wood frame structure with a mansard roof and a highly ornamented Second Empire facade. It is symmetrically arranged, with a pair of projecting three-story polygonal bays on either side of a central bay, where the entrance is flanked by sidelight windows. The windows are topped by segmented-arch moldings, and the front porch has paneled posts and decorative brackets.[2]

This house is a well preserved businessman's and state representative's residence, and characteristic of the Prospect/Brook Street residential are. It is also the finest remaining example of Second Empire design in the city.[3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 1984.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record and NRHP nomination for J.E. Buswell House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-04-18.
  3. ↑ Gagnon, Dan (2001). "Methuen History.org". Retrieved 2009-05-21.