House at 18 Walnut Street, Southbridge

Name: House at 18 Walnut Street
Address: Southbridge, United States

#23 among attractions in Southbridge

Shingle style architecture

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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. It was built c. 1898 by George Wells, president of the locally important American Optical Company, apparently to provide worker housing for company employees. Of the two houses Wells had built, this one is the best preserved. It has a slate gambrel roof with projecting sections. ()

Built: 1898 (126 years ago)Coordinates: 42°4'25"N, 72°1'46"W

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Southbridge United States

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House at 18 Walnut Street – 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.

~1390 ftW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Congregational Church, Southbridge
7 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.
~1250 ftN
Church
St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, Southbridge
7 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.
~1300 ftW
City hall
Southbridge Town Hall, Southbridge
7 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.
~1540 ftN
Church
Sacred Heart Church Historic District, Southbridge
8 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.
~940 ftW
42°4'29"N • 72°1'57"W
Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge
5 min walk • Library
~1690 ftNW
Greek Revival architecture
Comins-Wall House, Southbridge
9 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.
0.5 miNW
Greek Revival architecture
A. Kinney House, Southbridge
14 min walk • The A. Kinney House is a historic house located in Southbridge, Massachusetts.
0.4 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture
E. Merritt Cole House, Southbridge
10 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.
~1590 ftSW
Gothic Revival architecture
Sylvester Dresser House, Southbridge
8 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.
~1420 ftSW
Church
St. Hedwig Parish, Southbridge
7 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.
0.4 miNW
Greek Revival architecture
Theodore Harrington House, Southbridge
10 min walk • The Theodore Harrington House is a historic house at 77 Hamilton Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts.

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Nearby attractions include Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge (5 min walk), St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, Southbridge (7 min walk), Southbridge Town Hall, Southbridge (7 min walk), Congregational Church, Southbridge (7 min walk).