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Although brick was not a house building material commonly used in Southbridge when this house was built c. 1840, most of the worker housing built by the Hamilton Woolen Mill Company was. This house was probably built for John Edwards Bacon, the millwright who built the 1836
946: 221:. Built about 1840, it is a rare surviving house from the Hamilton Woolen Company's early period of worker house construction. It is also rare as a brick house of the period; they were not commonly built in Southbridge at the time. The house was listed on the 516: 824: 819: 814: 447: 237:), just near its junction with Hamilton Street in Southbridge's Globe Village. The house stands on a rise overlooking the former Hamilton Woolen Company mill. It has typical Greek Revival characteristics, and is stylistically similar to the 512: 492: 487: 482: 452: 264: 502: 472: 374: 507: 497: 477: 457: 846: 467: 462: 941: 851: 799: 679: 633: 566: 259: 729: 704: 664: 592: 561: 540: 809: 745: 714: 669: 654: 649: 804: 709: 699: 602: 719: 694: 684: 659: 612: 597: 587: 571: 545: 755: 750: 724: 689: 674: 617: 607: 367: 250:, then the nation's largest mill building. By 1855 the house was occupied by the mill's agent, Joshua Ballard, who held leading positions in the company for forty years, during its period of greatest success. 241:
on South Street. It has a doorway with sidelights and transom, and window openings with granite sills and lintels. There is a side ell, in front of which is a porch with Doric posts and a Greek entablature.
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The Hamilton Millwright–Agent's House is set on the south side of Main Street (
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Hamilton Millwright–Agent's House is located in Massachusetts
Hamilton Millwright–Agent's House is located in the United States
Southbridge, Massachusetts
42°4′48″N 72°2′40″W / 42.08000°N 72.04444°W / 42.08000; -72.04444
MPS
89000543
Southbridge, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places
Massachusetts Route 131
Judson–Litchfield House
Hamilton Company's mill
National Register of Historic Places listings in Southbridge, Massachusetts
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