John M. Wells House

John M. Wells House
Location 491 Eastford Rd., Southbridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°3′32″N 72°2′55″W / 42.05889°N 72.04861°WCoordinates: 42°3′32″N 72°2′55″W / 42.05889°N 72.04861°W
Built 1927
Architectural style Renaissance, French Chateau
Governing body Private
MPS Southbridge MRA
NRHP Reference #

89000553

[1]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1989

The John M. Wells House is a historic house at 491 Eastford Road in Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States. The Wells family were the founders of the American Optical Company, a leading business in Southbridge. The house John M. Wells had built in 1927 was reminiscent of a French chateau, and was the first to be built in the Cohasset Farms section of Southbridge. The only previous development in the rural area had been the development of the Cohasset Country Club in 1919. Wells' brother George would build a more modern house nearby in 1932.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[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 for John M. Wells House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-32. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)