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George Cobb House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	24 William Street, Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°16′2″N 71°48′23″W / 42.26722°N 71.80639°W / 42.26722; -71.80639
Built	1875
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
MPS	Worcester MRA
NRHP reference No.	80000571
Added to NRHP	March 05, 1980

The George Cobb House is a historic house located at 24 William Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built about 1875, it is a well-preserved and little-altered example of late Gothic Revival architecture. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1980.

Description and history

The house is set in a predominantly residential area just west of Worcester's central business district, on the north side of William Street. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house, with a slate hip roof, slightly projecting central gabled pavilion, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. Its front facade, facing south, is three bays wide, with single-story polygonal bay windows flanking the entrance. The entrance, set in the projecting pavilion, is sheltered by a porch that extends between the near corners of the flanking bays, with supporting square columns, arched openings, and a low balustrade. On the second level, a three-part round-arch window is set above the entrance under a stylized cap. The gable of the projecting section has Stick style bargeboard, and is flanked at the roof level by gabled dormers with a simplified version of the same decoration. Windows on the side elevations have bracketed sills and lintels, with the first-floor lintels capped by gabled cornices, and those on the second floor flat. A two-story polygonal bay projects from the right side, just below a steeply pitched gable.

The house was built about 1875, and was first occupied by George Cobb, a fish and oyster merchant.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. ^ "NRHP nomination for George Cobb House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-09.

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