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词条 Alden Batchelder House
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  1. Description and history

  2. See also

  3. References

{{Infobox NRHP | name =Alden Batchelder House
| nrhp_type =
| image = ReadingMA AldenBatchelderHouse.jpg
| caption =
| location= 797 Main St., Reading, Massachusetts
| coordinates = {{coord|42|31|42|N|71|6|11|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA
| area =
| built ={{start date|1849}}
| architect= Unknown
| architecture= Italianate
| added = July 19, 1984
| governing_body = Private
| mpsub=Reading MRA
| refnum=84002491[1]
}}

The Alden Batchelder House is a historic house at 797 Main Street in Reading, Massachusetts. Built in the early 1850s, it is an excellent example of an early Italianate design. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

Description and history

The Alden Batchelder House stands north of downtown Reading, on a triangular parcel of land at the junction of Main Street (Massachusetts Route 28) and Charles Street, across Main Street from the Laurel Hill Cemetery. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a side-gable roof and clapboarded exterior. It is oriented facing south, and is screened from the streets on either side by trees; a stone retaining wall lines the properties eastern and western sides. The roof has relatively deep eaves, studded with a few single decorative brackets. At the center of the main facade there is a gable at the roof line, which is echoed in the roof of the single-story porch, which wraps around the side of the house. The porch features turned balusters and posts. The first-floor windows are elongated, with deep moldings.[2]

The house was built in 1849 by Alden Batchelder, and represents an early form of the Italianate style. The house has a basically Georgian or Federal form, but its decorative elements are clearly Italianate. Alden Batchelder was a local cabinetmaker, a common trade in the town at the time. His business was successful, employing 25 workers in 1864. It was destroyed by fire in 1876, after which he moved the business to Charlestown, where he employed prisoners from the Charlestown State Prison.[2]

See also

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

References

1. ^{{NRISref|2008a}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=REA.29|title=NRHP nomination for Alden Batchelder House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2014-02-18}}
{{Reading, Massachusetts}}{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}

5 : Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Reading, Massachusetts|Houses in Reading, Massachusetts|1849 establishments in Massachusetts|Houses completed in 1849|Italianate architecture in Massachusetts

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