Brown-Stow House

Brown-Stow House
Location Stow, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°26′24″N 71°32′12″W / 42.44000°N 71.53667°W / 42.44000; -71.53667Coordinates: 42°26′24″N 71°32′12″W / 42.44000°N 71.53667°W / 42.44000; -71.53667
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Colonial, Other
MPS First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR
NRHP Reference #

90000182

[1]
Added to NRHP March 9, 1990

The Brown-Stow House or Ichabod Stow House is a historic First Period house at 172 Harvard Road in Stow, Massachusetts. The oldest portion of this two-story timber frame house was probably built early in the 18th century, and consisted of a single "cell" three bays wide, two stories high, with what is now the central chimney in a side bay. During the 18th century it was expanded twice, adding a second cell (giving it the classic five-bay facade) and a rear leanto (giving it the classic saltbox appearance). It has had two modest 20th century additions. The house underwent a major restoration in the 1950s to return it to an 18th-century appearance. The house was probably built by Boaz Brown, who acquired the property in 1699 and died in 1711.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Brown-Stow House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-05.


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