Hill–Lassonde House

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Hill–Lassonde House
ManchesterNH HillLassondeHouse.jpg
The house in 2012
Hill–Lassonde House is located in New Hampshire
Hill–Lassonde House
Location269 Hanover St., Manchester, New Hampshire
Coordinates42°59′27″N 71°27′21″W / 42.99083°N 71.45583°W / 42.99083; -71.45583Coordinates: 42°59′27″N 71°27′21″W / 42.99083°N 71.45583°W / 42.99083; -71.45583
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1850 (1850)
Architectural styleItalianate, Vernacular Italianate
NRHP reference No.85003033[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1985

The Hill–Lassonde House was a historic house at 269 Hanover Street in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1850, it was a well-preserved example of Italianate styling. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985,[1] at which time it was still owned by Hill's descendants.[2] The house and carriage house were demolished in July 2016.[3]

Description and history[]

The Hill–Lassonde House was located east of downtown Manchester, on the south side of Hanover Street opposite Bronstein Park. It was a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof and Italianate styling. The roof eave was deep and studded with brackets. The main facade was three bays wide, with a center entrance sheltered by a portico supported by fluted square columns and pilasters, with brackets also found in its roof eave. A series of ells extended to the rear, and the property included a period carriage house with cupola. The interior had high-quality period woodwork, with some alterations dating to the early 20th century.[2]

The house was built in 1850 for Alpheus Dwight Burgess, a machinist, on land he had purchased in 1847. The house was typical of houses built during this period, which was a boom time in the city, producing a large number of houses of this type. Burgess sold the house in 1855 to Varnum Hill, in whose family it remained at least into the 1980s. Ownership by a single family contributed to its state of preservation relative to similar houses nearby, which were often demolished or extensively altered.[2] This house was demolished in 2016.[3]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Hill–Lassonde House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  3. ^ a b Hayward, Mark (July 6, 2016). "Historical Manchester mansion demolished". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved July 7, 2016. Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20160708125608/https://www.unionleader.com/article/20160707/news50/160709515/
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