Andrew Friberg Three-Decker

Andrew Friberg Three-Decker
Location 26 Ames St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°14′33″N 71°47′43″W / 42.24250°N 71.79528°W / 42.24250; -71.79528Coordinates: 42°14′33″N 71°47′43″W / 42.24250°N 71.79528°W / 42.24250; -71.79528
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1928 (1928)
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Worcester Three-Deckers TR
NRHP reference # 89002387 [1]
Added to NRHP February 09, 1990

The Andrew Friberg Three-Decker is a historic triple decker at 26 Ames Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built about 1928, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990,[1] noted for its Colonial Revival styling. These details have been lost or obscured by later exterior siding installation (see photo).

Description and history

The Andrew Friberg Three-Decker is located in Worcester's southeastern Vernon Hill neighborhood, at the southwest corner of Ames and Stockton Streets. It is a three-story wood frame structure, covered by a gabled roof and finished with synthetic siding. Its main facade is asymmetrical, with bands of three sash windwos on the left side, and a projecting stack of porches on the right. Both the main roof and the porch projection have fully pedimented gables.[2]

The house was built about 1928, during the last major phase of development in the Vernon Hill area. It is differentiated from earlier triple-deckers by the lack of a projecting polygonal bay, the usual accompaniment to the porch stack. A band of three windows is also found on the building's side, where earlier triple-deckers also often had a projecting bay. When the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990,[1] it was noted for its Colonial Revival styling, including porches supported by Tuscan columns and banded decorative shingling between the floors.[2] Andrew Friberg, the building's first owner, was a Swedish immigrant laborer who also lived here. Other early residents were of Swedish and Irish origin.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "NRHP nomination for Andrew Friberg Three-Decker". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
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