Israel Southwick House, Uxbridge

Name: Israel Southwick House
Address: Uxbridge, United States

#12 among attractions in Uxbridge

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The Israel Southwick House is an historic house located at 76 Mendon Street, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2 story wood-frame house was built c. 1860–65, and is a good local example of Italianate styling, with Queen Anne elements added c. 1890. The main facade is three bays, with a center entry that has an elaborate colonnaded porch with a gable front roof. Above the entry is a Palladian window with a small half-round window surmounting the central of three relatively narrow windows. There is a gable-roof dormer with three windows above. To the left of the entry is a single story porch that has been enclosed, and a rounded corner porch extends to the right of the entry. ()

Built: 1860 (164 years ago)Coordinates: 42°4'42"N, 71°37'33"W

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Uxbridge United States

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Nearby attractions include: Uxbridge Town Hall, Stanley Woolen Mill, Uxbridge Free Public Library, Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park.

~1360 ftSW
City hall
Uxbridge Town Hall, Uxbridge
7 min walk • Uxbridge Town Hall is the town hall of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, located at 45 South Main Street. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1879 and added to the historic registry 100 years later. Amos P. Cutting of Worcester was the architect. Ferry & Gardner of Springfield also submitted plans.
~1720 ftNE
Park
Stanley Woolen Mill, Uxbridge
9 min walk • Stanley Woolen Mill is the common historic name applied to a defunct company based in southeastern Massachusetts and to the company's buildings which stand at the southern entrance to the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park. The mill is an important footnote in the history of the textile industry in America.
~1180 ftSW
Library
Uxbridge Free Public Library, Uxbridge
6 min walk • The Uxbridge Free Public Library is the public library in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. It opened in 1875. The first library in the town of Uxbridge was the Uxbridge Social and Instructive Library, managed by George Southwick at his store in the Quaker City section of South Uxbridge.
1.1 miN
42°5'37"N • 71°37'26"W
Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, Uxbridge
27 min walk • Historical place, State park, Park
~1560 ftW
Neighbourhood
Uxbridge Common District, Uxbridge
8 min walk • The Uxbridge Common District is located in downtown Uxbridge, Massachusetts. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Historic buildings in this district include the Uxbridge Academy, Uxbridge Free Public Library, the Deborah A. Wheelock House, a blacksmith shop, the First Congregational Church, and the Unitarian Church.
~1870 ftSW
Greek Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
A. Chapin House, Uxbridge
10 min walk • The A. Chapin House is a historic house located at 36 Pleasant Street, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
0.5 miS
Greek Revival architecture
Zadock Taft House, Uxbridge
14 min walk • The Zadock Taft House is a historic house at 115 South Main Street in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Probably built in the 18th century, it received its present Greek Revival styling in the 1840s or 1850s.
~400 ftN
Gothic Revival architecture
R. Farnum House, Uxbridge
2 min walk • The R. Farnum House is an historic house located at 22 Oak Street, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. This 2+1⁄2 story wood-frame house was built c. 1875–80, and is a well-preserved local example of Gothic Revival styling.
~1710 ftNE
Neighbourhood
Central Woolen Mills District, Uxbridge
9 min walk • The Central Woolen Mills District is a historic district in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA. The centerpiece of this historic district is the Stanley Woolen Mill, also known as the Central Woolen Mill, built by Moses Taft in 1852, and earlier by his father, Luke Taft, in 1833, on the banks of the Blackstone Canal.
0.6 miE
Neighbourhood
Wheelockville District, Uxbridge
15 min walk • The Wheelockville District is an historic district located at Mendon and Henry streets in the village of Wheelockville in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
1.2 miNW
Universities and schools
North Uxbridge School, Uxbridge
30 min walk • The North Uxbridge School, also known as the Virginia A. Blanchard School, is an historic school building at 87 East Hartford Avenue in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1873 and enlarged in 1900, it served as a public school until 2002.

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Nearby attractions include R. Farnum House, Uxbridge (2 min walk), Uxbridge Free Public Library, Uxbridge (6 min walk), Uxbridge Town Hall, Uxbridge (7 min walk), Uxbridge Common District, Uxbridge (8 min walk).