Dr. Daniel Adams House
Historic house in New Hampshire, United States
United States historic place
Dr. Daniel Adams House | |
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42°55′30″N 72°16′38″W / 42.92500°N 72.27722°W / 42.92500; -72.27722 | |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
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| Built | 1795 (1795) |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000449[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 8, 1989 |
The Dr. Daniel Adams House is a historic house at 324 Main Street in Keene, New Hampshire. Built about 1795, it is a good example of transitional Federal-Greek Revival architecture, with a well documented history of alterations by its first owner. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]
Description and history
The Dr. Daniel Adams House is located south of downtown Keene, on the east side of Main Street at its junction with Gates Road. It is a 2½-story wood-frame structure, with a front-facing gabled roof, four interior chimneys, and clapboarded exterior. It is predominantly Greek Revival in styling, with a five-bay front facade topped by a pedimented gable, in which there are two small sash windows. The front entry is sheltered by what was formerly a porch, but is now an enclosed vestibule with gabled roof. A two-story ell extends to the rear of the main block. There are significant surviving Federal-style details on the interior.[2]
The house was built about 1795 by Doctor Daniel Adams, a prominent local physician who also served as the town postmaster for a time. Adams undertook a number of alterations, restylings, and enlargements of the house prior to his death in 1830. His son, also a doctor, is probably responsible for the conversion of its original hip roof to the gabled one seen today. Its only major alteration since then was the addition of a bay window on the north side during the Victorian period, and the enclosing of the entry porch in the 20th century.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Dr. Daniel Adams House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
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District
- Harrisville Historic District
- Beaver Mills
- Beech Hill Summer Home District
- Chesham Village District
- Dublin Lake Historic District
- Dublin Village Historic District
- East Jaffrey Historic District
- Fitzwilliam Common Historic District
- Harrisville Rural District
- Jaffrey Center Historic District
- Pottersville District
- Second Rindge Meetinghouse, Horsesheds and Cemetery
- Silver Lake District
- Troy Village Historic District
