Frank Pierce Carpenter House

Frank Pierce Carpenter House
Location 1800 Elm St., Manchester, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°0′17″N 71°27′57″W / 43.00472°N 71.46583°W / 43.00472; -71.46583Coordinates: 43°0′17″N 71°27′57″W / 43.00472°N 71.46583°W / 43.00472; -71.46583
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built 1891 (1891)
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 94000168[1]
Added to NRHP March 17, 1994

The Frank Pierce Carpenter House is a historic house at 1800 Elm Street on the north side of Manchester, New Hampshire. The 2-1/2 story wood frame house was built in 1891, and is a fine local example of high-style Queen Anne architecture. It was built for Frank Carpenter, then the president of the Amoskeag Paper Company, and a major city benefactor, and probably designed by Edgar Allan Poe Newcomb. The house is roughly square in shape, with a three-story turret at its southeast corner and a projecting window bay at its southwest corner. A 2-1/2 story ell which originally housed service facilities projects to the west. The main (eastern) facade is three bays wide: the turret occupies the left bay, and the main entrance the center. The entry is sheltered by a single-story porch supported by clustered Tuscan columns (replacements c. 1970 for originals styled like those on the building's porte cochere).[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1] It was given to the American Red Cross in 1993 by Carpenter's heirs.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Frank Pierce Carpenter House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-05-14.


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