Alpha M. Cheney House, Southbridge

Name: Alpha M. Cheney House
Address: Southbridge, United States

#19 among attractions in Southbridge

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The Alpha M. Cheney House is a historic house at 61 Chestnut Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. It was built in 1881 for Alpha M. Cheney, then one of the largest shareholders in American Optical Company, one of Southbridge's largest employers. Designed by Barker & Nourse of Worcester, the house is one of Southbridge's best surviving examples of high Victorian Gothic styling. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. ()

Built: 1881 (143 years ago)Coordinates: 42°4'16"N, 72°1'39"W

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Alpha M. Cheney House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Congregational Church, St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, Southbridge Town Hall, Sacred Heart Church Historic District.

0.4 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Congregational Church, Southbridge
10 min walk • The Elm Street Congregational Church is a historic church in Southbridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1885, it is a high quality local example of high Victorian Gothic Revival architecture executed in brick. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
0.4 miN
Church
St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, Southbridge
11 min walk • St. George's Greek Orthodox Church is a historic Greek Orthodox Church building at 55 North Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1932, it is the oldest Orthodox church in the city, and is a locally rare example of Byzantine and Greek architecture. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
0.4 miNW
City hall
Southbridge Town Hall, Southbridge
10 min walk • Southbridge Town Hall is an historic town hall at 41 Elm Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. The imposing Romanesque Revival building was built in 1888 to serve as both the town hall and the public high school.
0.5 miN
Church
Sacred Heart Church Historic District, Southbridge
12 min walk • The Sacred Heart Church Historic District encompasses the complex of buildings associated with the Sacred Heart Church on Charlton Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts.
~1880 ftNW
42°4'29"N • 72°1'57"W
Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge
10 min walk • Library
~1050 ftNW
Shingle style architecture
House at 18 Walnut Street, Southbridge
6 min walk • The House at 18 Walnut Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts is one of two modest yet remarkably high Shingle Style houses on Walnut Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts.
0.5 miNW
Greek Revival architecture
Comins-Wall House, Southbridge
13 min walk • The Comins-Wall House is a historic house located at 42 Hamilton Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. Built about 1850, it is a distinctive local example of a Greek Revival cottage with later Victorian embellishments.
0.7 miNW
Greek Revival architecture
A. Kinney House, Southbridge
19 min walk • The A. Kinney House is a historic house located in Southbridge, Massachusetts.
0.6 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture
E. Merritt Cole House, Southbridge
15 min walk • The E. Merritt Cole House is a historic house at 386 Main Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. Built in the early 19th century and restyled sometime between 1855 and 1878, it is a distinctive local example of Gothic Revival architecture.
~1960 ftW
Gothic Revival architecture
Sylvester Dresser House, Southbridge
10 min walk • The Sylvester Dresser House is a historic house at 29 Summer Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. Built sometime between 1865 and 1870, it is a distinctive local example of Italianate architecture with some Gothic features.
~1740 ftW
Church
St. Hedwig Parish, Southbridge
9 min walk • St. Hedwig Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded December 1916. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Worcester.

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Nearby attractions include House at 18 Walnut Street, Southbridge (6 min walk), St. Hedwig Parish, Southbridge (9 min walk), Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge (10 min walk), Sylvester Dresser House, Southbridge (10 min walk).

Alpha M. Cheney House, Southbridge

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Alpha M. Cheney House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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