Franklin Wesson House

The Franklin Wesson House is an historic house at 8 Claremont Street in the Main South neighborhood of Worcester, Massachusetts. It is one of the finest High Gothic Victorian houses in the city. It was designed by architect Amos Porter Cutting.

Franklin Wesson House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the house
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Location	8 Claremont St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°15′16″N 71°49′2″W
Built	1874
Architect	Amos P. Cutting
Architectural style	High Victorian Gothic
MPS	Worcester MRA
NRHP reference No.	80000603[1]
Added to NRHP	March 5, 1980

The 2.5 story brick structure was built in 1874 for Franklin Wesson, one of the founders of Harrington & Richardson, a major Worcester arms manufacturer. It is roughly rectangular in form, but has a number of protrusions, most notably a three-story tower over its entrance that is capped by a steeply pitched slate hip roof. The body of the house is also topped by a hip roof with a major bay on the right side whose steeply pitched roof rises to its own peak. The windows of the house are predominantly narrower with rounded tops, and there are horizontal bands of decorative brickwork at several levels.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

See also

• John Legg House, 5 Claremont Street, also owned by a major Worcester businessman
• National Register of Historic Places listings in southwestern 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 Franklin Wesson House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-09.