Josiah A. Ames House

Josiah A. Ames House
Location Barnstable, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°37′20″N 70°23′46″W / 41.62222°N 70.39611°WCoordinates: 41°37′20″N 70°23′46″W / 41.62222°N 70.39611°W
Built 1887
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Queen Anne
Governing body Private
MPS Barnstable MRA
NRHP Reference #

87000300

[1]
Added to NRHP September 18, 1987

The Josiah A. Ames House is an historic house on 145 Bridge Street in Barnstable, Massachusetts. It is a vernacular Queen Anne Victorian wood frame house built in 1887 by Josiah Ames, a veteran of the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. The house is also notable for its association in the first decades of the 20th century with the Lincoln Association of Boston, an organization dedicated to providing recreational opportunities in the countryside to urban youth.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[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 Josiah A. Ames House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-25.