Ashley House (Fall River, Massachusetts)

Ashley House
Location 3159 Main St.,
Fall River, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°44′21″N 71°7′49″W / 41.73917°N 71.13028°W / 41.73917; -71.13028Coordinates: 41°44′21″N 71°7′49″W / 41.73917°N 71.13028°W / 41.73917; -71.13028
Built c. 1750
Architectural style Federal
MPS Fall River MRA
NRHP reference # 83000621[1]
Added to NRHP February 16, 1983

The Ashley House (also known as Aunt Polly's House) was a historic house located at 3159 Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Description and history

The house was built in about 1750 in the Steep Brook section of the town, which was then still part of Freetown. It was a 2-1/2 story, wood-framed structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof and clapboard siding. It was one of the only Federal-period with a pedimented doorway that included a half-round fanlight.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1983.[1]

The house was dismantled in July 1983, only 5 months after its designation as a landmark.[3] The site is now owned by the New England Power Company.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ MHC Inventory, with photo
  3. ↑ Giza, Patricia (1984). A Guide Book to Fall River's National Register Properties. Fall River, MA: The City.
  4. ↑ Tax Info


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