Seavey House (Goshen, New Hampshire)

Coordinates: 43°17′53″N 72°8′50″W / 43.29806°N 72.14722°W

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Seavey House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	NH 10, Goshen, New Hampshire
Coordinates	43°17′53″N 72°8′50″W / 43.29806°N 72.14722°W / 43.29806; -72.14722
Area	5.4 acres (2.2 ha)
Built	1860 (1860)
Built by	Chandler, John
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Plank Houses of Goshen New Hampshire TR
NRHP reference No.	85001321^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 21, 1985

The Seavey House is a historic plank-frame house in Goshen, New Hampshire. It is located on the west side of New Hampshire Route 10, just south of its junction with Brook Road. It was built about 1860 by John Chandler, a prolific local builder of plank-frame houses. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

Description and history

The Seavey House is located south of the village center of Goshen, on the west side of NH 10. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wooden Cape-style house, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its structure is framed out of wooden planking 3 inches (7.6 cm) thick, set vertically, with dowels placed horizontally for lateral stability. The main facade is five bays wide, with sash windows arranged symmetrically around an elaborate Greek Revival entrance. The entry is recessed, with sidelight windows immediately flanking the door, and pilasters with peaked lintels outside the recess. The building corners also have pilasters, which rise to an entablature which spans the front. A smaller single-story ell extends to the left at a recess to the main block.^[2]

The house was built about 1860, most likely by John Chandler, a prolific local builder of plank-frame houses. Local historians believe Chandler built this house for his own use.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP nomination for Seavey House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-07-24.

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
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Places of worship	Acworth Congregational Church English Church First Baptist Church of Cornish First Universalist Chapel Langdon Meeting House Lempster Meetinghouse South Congregational Church Springfield Town Hall and Howard Memorial Methodist Church Trinity Church
Site	Hunter Archeological Site
Structures	Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge Cold River Bridge Corbin Covered Bridge Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge‡ Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge Kenyon Bridge Meriden Bridge Pier Bridge Prentiss Bridge Wright's Bridge
Footnotes	‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent state. Entries in italics have been removed from the register.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, New Hampshire and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire

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