Timothy Bancroft House

Historic house in New Hampshire, United States
United States historic place
Timothy Bancroft House
42°57′54″N 72°5′57″W / 42.96500°N 72.09917°W / 42.96500; -72.09917
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1785 (1785)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSHarrisville MRA
NRHP reference No.86003241[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 14, 1988

The Timothy Bancroft House is a historic house on Bancroft Road in Harrisville, New Hampshire. Located in a rural area once known as Mosquitoville, this c. 1785 wood-frame house was built by Timothy Bancroft, who operated a sawmill nearby that was one of the town's major industries for nearly a century. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Description and history

The Timothy Bancroft House stands in what is now a rural and isolated area of northern Harrisville, near the end of Bancroft Road. Set on a rise overlooking the former mill site, it is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. An older ell extends to the east, with its own central chimney. The styling of the house is Greek Revival, with wide cornerboards and a gabled hood over the entrance. A shed-roof porch extends across the front of the ell.[2]

Timothy Bancroft is believed to have built the ell of this house in about 1785; the larger main block was probably added in the mid-19th century. During the 19th century, the Bancroft mill complex was at the center of a community known variously as Mosquitoville and Mosquitobush. The complex included a number of additional buildings, and the busy mill supplied wood products to the textile mills in Harrisville center, and was a major local employer. The mill burned in 1875. The house was subsequently used as housing for another nearby sawmill, and then as a summer residence.[2]

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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 Timothy Bancroft House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
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