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51: 267:), a short way north of Southview Cemetery and also a short way west of the western portal of the Hoosac Tunnel. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, roughly cubic in shape, with a low-pitch hip roof and clapboarded exterior. The main facade is three bays wide, with the entrance in the left bay, sheltered by a hip-roofed portico supported by decorative metalwork. Both the porch and main roof have extended eaves supported by decorative brackets. A single-story polygonal window bay projects from the right side, and a two-story addition extends to the rear. 68: 895: 93: 907: 439: 884: 100: 75: 937: 522: 830: 825: 820: 453: 518: 498: 493: 488: 458: 291: 508: 478: 380: 513: 503: 483: 463: 852: 473: 468: 857: 805: 685: 639: 572: 735: 710: 670: 598: 567: 546: 815: 751: 720: 675: 660: 655: 810: 715: 705: 608: 725: 700: 690: 665: 618: 603: 593: 577: 551: 761: 756: 730: 695: 680: 623: 613: 373: 787: 782: 887: 389: 366: 282:: the side entrance on the front facade, the window bay, and the bracketed eaves. Browne and his brother established a small factory across the street, which survives in significantly altered form. 274:, a local inventor who is credited with a number of innovations while working for companies providing explosives to the builders of the tunnel. Most significant of these was the development of an 777: 862: 428: 418: 947: 932: 867: 278:
that would work reliably in the tunnel's damp conditions. His house exhibits a number of characteristic signatures of a distinctive regional variant of the
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The Charles Browne House is located southeast of downtown North Adams, on the east side of South Church Street (
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
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and an innovator of devices and materials used in construction of the nearby
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Charles Browne House is located in Massachusetts
Charles Browne House is located in the United States
North Adams, Massachusetts
42°40′43″N 73°5′52″W / 42.67861°N 73.09778°W / 42.67861; -73.09778
Italianate
MPS
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North Adams, Massachusetts
electrical fuse
Hoosac Tunnel
Italianate architecture
National Register of Historic Places
Massachusetts Route 8A
Charles Albert Browne Sr.
electrical fuse
Italianate style
National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County, Massachusetts


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