George Brine House

The George Brine House is a historic house at 219 Washington Street in Winchester, Massachusetts. Built about 1865, it is a well-preserved example of Second Empire architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

George Brine House
George Brine House
Location219 Washington St., Winchester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°27′22″N 71°7′51″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1865 (1865)
ArchitectShattuck, Joseph S.
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Other
MPSWinchester MRA
NRHP reference No.89000638 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1989

Description and history

The George Brine House stands northeast of downtown Winchester, on the east side of Washington Street, a busy north-south through street, between Eaton and Webster Streets. It is a two-story wood frame house, with a third floor under its Second Empire mansard roof. It has a full-width porch with turned balusters and paired pillars, with a projecting central section with decorative brackets. Above the central doorway are a pair of narrow round-arch windows, and the cornice has dentil moulding and paired brackets. There is scroll-cut woodwork surrounding the dormer windows, and all of the main windows have bracketed sills. Two two-story ells extend the building to the rear, and there is a period carriage barn with cupola at the back of the property.[2]

The house was built sometime between 1854 and 1870 (estimated 1865 based on style) by Joseph Shattuck, a local builder. He apparently used it as a rental property until selling it to George Brine in 1893. The house typifies development made in the mid-19th century to attract new residents to what was then seen as a fashionable residential area.[2]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for George Brine House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
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