Luke Richardson House

Historic house in New Hampshire, United States
United States historic place
Luke Richardson House
42°54′35″N 72°0′44″W / 42.90972°N 72.01222°W / 42.90972; -72.01222
Arealess than one acre
Built1820 (1820)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSDublin MRA
NRHP reference No.83004073[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 15, 1983

The Luke Richardson House is a historic house at 204 Hancock Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. Built about 1820, it is a good local example of a mid-19th century farmhouse with modest Greek Revival features. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

Description and history

The Luke Richardson House stands in a rural setting in eastern Dublin, on the south side of Hancock Road (New Hampshire Route 137) about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of its junction with New Hampshire Route 101. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It has an unusually narrow profile, with a two-bay front facade. A single-story porch extends across the front and along one side. An early 20th-century barn stands nearby on the property.[2]

The house was built c. 1820 by Luke Richardson, son of early settler Abijah Richardson, Sr, whose early homestead stands nearby. Luke Richardson operated a gristmill and sawmill on a nearby property, and was instrumental in establishing a Trinitarian Congregational church in Dublin in 1827. Later owners include Charles F. Appleton, who built a hydroelectric facility on Wilder Brook and provided Dublin with its first electric service, and artist Tom Blackwell, who used the barn on the property as his studio.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Luke Richardson House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
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