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Henry J. Crippen House

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Built
  
1879 (1879)

NRHP Reference #
  
83004204

Area
  
1,200 m²

Architectural style
  
Second Empire

Opened
  
1879

Added to NRHP
  
22 December 1983

Henry J. Crippen House

Location
  
189-191 N. Main St., Concord, New Hampshire

Similar
  
Ragged Mountain Resort, Bretton Woods Mountain, McAuliffe‑Shepard Discovery Center, Everett Arena, Old North Cemetery

The Henry J. Crippen House is a historic house at 189-191 North Main Street in Concord, New Hampshire. The three story brick Second Empire house was built as a duplex by Henry J. Crippen, a prominent local financier, in c. 1879. The front facade is symmetrically arranged, with a pair of entry doors under a portico supported by wooden piers with recessed panel bases and brackets beneath the dentiled cornice. The doors and windows are all topped by segmented arches with cast iron keystones. The cornice of the roof is studded with paired heavy brackets and equally heavy dentil molding. Above the mansard portion of the roof is another band of molding. The paired entries are flanked on either side by projecting bays that rise a full two stories, and are topped in the mansard layer by dormers with projecting hoods. The south elevation of the house is distinguished from the north by the presence of a two story half octagonal tower projection, in front of which is a side porch with ornately decorated balustrade and supports; the north facade has a simple two story projecting bay. The building was renovated in 1982 for use as professional offices.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

References

Henry J. Crippen House Wikipedia


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