R. Farnum House, Uxbridge

Name: R. Farnum House
Address: Uxbridge, United States

#25 among attractions in Uxbridge

Gothic Revival architecture

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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. It has an elaborately decorated front porch, and bargeboard decoration and a pierced apron in the main gable end. The gable details are repeated in gable ends on the north side of the house. Nothing is known about R. Farnum, who was probably from the locally numerous Farnums who settled the area in the 18th century. ()

Built: 1875 (149 years ago)Coordinates: 42°4'46"N, 71°37'33"W

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Uxbridge United States

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R. Farnum House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

~1700 ftSW
City hall
Uxbridge Town Hall, Uxbridge
9 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.
~1530 ftNE
Park
Stanley Woolen Mill, Uxbridge
8 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.
~1390 ftSW
Library
Uxbridge Free Public Library, Uxbridge
7 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 miN
42°5'37"N • 71°37'26"W
Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, Uxbridge
25 min walk • Historical place, State park, Park
~1710 ftSW
Neighbourhood
Uxbridge Common District, Uxbridge
9 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.
0.4 miSW
Greek Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
A. Chapin House, Uxbridge
11 min walk • The A. Chapin House is a historic house located at 36 Pleasant Street, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
0.6 miS
Greek Revival architecture
Zadock Taft House, Uxbridge
16 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.
~1550 ftE
Neighbourhood
Central Woolen Mills District, Uxbridge
8 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.
1.1 miNW
Universities and schools
North Uxbridge School, Uxbridge
28 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 Uxbridge Free Public Library, Uxbridge (7 min walk), Stanley Woolen Mill, Uxbridge (8 min walk), Central Woolen Mills District, Uxbridge (8 min walk), Uxbridge Town Hall, Uxbridge (9 min walk).