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Colony House (Keene, New Hampshire)

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Area
  
less than one acre

Built by
  
Timothy Hall

Opened
  
1819

Added to NRHP
  
9 September 2005

Built
  
1819 (1819)

NRHP Reference #
  
05000969

Architectural style
  
Federal architecture

Colony House (Keene, New Hampshire)

Location
  
104 West St., Keene, New Hampshire

The Colony House is a historic house at 104 West Street in Keene, New Hampshire. The oldest portion of the house, its front block, was built in 1819 by Timothy Hall, a local merchant. The house was purchased in 1863 by Horatio Colony, in whose family's hands it was for a century. It is a brick two story structure with a hip roof. The exterior has modest Federal styling, predominantly in its main entry, with half-length sidelight windows topped by a half-oval fanlight and sheltered by a modest portico. The interior of the building has well-preserved woodwork that took its inspiration from the publications of Asher Benjamin. A c. 1900 addition to the rear emulates the style and building materials of the original block.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

Colony House (Keene, New Hampshire) Wikipedia


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