MPS Uxbridge MRA Opened 1749 Added to NRHP 7 October 1983 | NRHP Reference # 83004134 Area 1,214 m² | |
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Location Uxbridge, Massachusetts Similar West Hill Dam, Wellfleet Drive‑In Theater, Coronet John Farnum J | ||
The Aaron Taft House is an historic house at 215 Hazel Street, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Built about 1749, it is one of five surviving gambrel-roofed 18th-century houses in the town. It is 1-1/2 stories in height, with a side-gabled gambrel roof, clapboard siding, and central chimney. The main facade is asymmetrical, with three window bays, one to the left of the entrance, which is off center, and is adorned with sidelight windows, pilasters, and a simple entablature. It was the birthplace in 1785 of Peter Rawson Taft I, the grandfather of President William Howard Taft,
On October 7, 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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