Job Knapp House
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| Location | 81 Shores Street, Taunton, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°54′7″N 71°6′49″W / 41.90194°N 71.11361°WCoordinates: 41°54′7″N 71°6′49″W / 41.90194°N 71.11361°W |
| Built | c. 1728 |
| Architectural style | Colonial |
| MPS | Taunton MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002150 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 5, 1984 |
The Job Knapp House is a historic house located at 81 Shores Street in Taunton, Massachusetts.
Description and history[]
It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-framed structure, five bays wide, with a side gable gambrel roof, a central chimney, and wood shingle siding. It has a narrow wood plank door flanked by sidelight windows. The house was built circa 1728, making it one of the oldest standing structures in the city. The gambrel roof is a particularly rare feature on houses of this period in Southeastern Massachusetts.[2]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984.[1]
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Categories:
- National Register of Historic Places in Taunton, Massachusetts
- Houses in Taunton, Massachusetts
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts
- Bristol County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- Colonial architecture in Massachusetts