Joseph K. James House

Coordinates: 42°23′18.53″N 71°6′28.87″W / 42.3884806°N 71.1080194°W / 42.3884806; -71.1080194
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Joseph K. James House
Joseph K. James House
Joseph K. James House is located in Massachusetts
Joseph K. James House
Joseph K. James House is located in the United States
Joseph K. James House
LocationSomerville, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′18.53″N 71°6′28.87″W / 42.3884806°N 71.1080194°W / 42.3884806; -71.1080194
Built1893
ArchitectJames, Thomas M.; Farrington, Thomas F.
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Colonial Revival
MPSSomerville MPS
NRHP reference No.98000095 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 1998

The Joseph K. James House is a historic house at 83 Belmont Street in Somerville, Massachusetts. This 3 story wood-frame house was built in 1893-4 for Joseph Knightley James, a partner in a local soap manufacturer. It is one of Somerville's best examples of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styling. It has a rectangular Colonial Revival form with a pitched hip roof, with a Queen Anne turret and chimney tops. The front porch is supported by clusters of columns and features a pedimented gable over the entry that is decorated with a hand-carved lion's head surrounded by a floral design.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Joseph K. James House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-03.

3. The Somerville Journal, March 15, 1894, page 1.