Needham House

Needham House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Meadow Rd., Harrisville, New Hampshire
Coordinates	42°55′43″N 72°9′10″W / 42.92861°N 72.15278°W / 42.92861; -72.15278Coordinates: 42°55′43″N 72°9′10″W / 42.92861°N 72.15278°W / 42.92861; -72.15278
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1845 (1845)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Harrisville MRA
NRHP reference No.	86003254[1]
Added to NRHP	January 14, 1988

The Needham House is a historic house on Meadow Road near Chesham village in Harrisville, New Hampshire. Built in 1845, it is a modest but well-preserved local example of Greek Revival styling. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

Description and history[]

The Needham House is located on the western fringe of Chesham village in western Harrisville, on the east side of Meadow Road a short way north of its junction with Chesham Road. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It presents a side gable to the street, and its front facade faces east. That facade is two bays wide, but appears longer due to the presence of a 1+1⁄2-story ell whose facade is flush with that of the main block. The main entrance is the house's most elaborate Greek Revival feature, with full-length sidelight windows and a peaked lintel. The ell has a secondary entrance, sheltered by a shed-roof porch, and a second single-story ell extends further to the right.^[2]

The house was built in 1845 by John Needham, and is locally significant for its unusual entry styling. The house has been owned by a number of locally prominent families, including that of Prentiss Greenwood, a postmaster of the village of Pottersville.^[2]

See also[]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheshire County, New Hampshire

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