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George Taft House

Coordinates: 42°3′40″N 71°38′18″W / 42.06111°N 71.63833°W / 42.06111; -71.63833
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George Taft House
George Taft House is located in Massachusetts
George Taft House
George Taft House is located in the United States
George Taft House
LocationUxbridge, Massachusetts 153 Richardson St
Coordinates42°3′40″N 71°38′18″W / 42.06111°N 71.63833°W / 42.06111; -71.63833
Built1810
Architectural styleFederal
MPSUxbridge MRA
NRHP reference No.83004138[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 7, 1983

The George Taft House is a historic house at 153 Richardson Street in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The two-story timber-frame house was built in c. 1810.

Taft Benson, Sr, a famous Mormon Pioneer, lived in the house from 1817 to 1835.[2] It is a well-preserved example of Federal-style architecture, expressed mainly in its door surround, which includes pilasters and a broken pedimented gable above a half-round transom window. In the middle of the 19th century it was the home of George Washington Taft, a farmer and local state representative.[3]

On October 7, 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places". Welcome to Waymarking.com!. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "NRHP nomination for George Taft House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
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