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Horatio G. Foss House

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Location
  
Designated CP
  
April 21, 1989

Area
  
8,094 m²

Architect
  
Addison G. Pulsifer

NRHP Reference #
  
76000084

Opened
  
1914

Added to NRHP
  
21 November 1976

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Built
  
construction started in 1914 but did not finish till 1917

Part of
  
Architectural styles
  
Colonial Revival architecture, Federal architecture

Similar
  
Edward Little House, A A Garcelon House, Bay of Fundy, Lost Valley Ski Area, John D Clifford House

The Horatio G. Foss House is an historic house at 19 Elm Street in Auburn, Maine within the Main Street Historic District. It was built in 1914 to a design by Gibbs & Pulsifer for Horatio G. Foss, owner of a major local shoe factory, and is also notable for its well-preserved Colonial Revival styling. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Description

The Foss House is a 3 story wood frame house with a stuccoed exterior, quoined corners, and a red ceramic tile hip roof. The main facade, facing south, is a symmetrical three bays, with a central entry flanked by rounded bays that are two stories in height. The entry is sheltered by a portico topped by a segmented-arch pediment and supported by paired Corinthian columns. The doorway is flanked by sidelight windows and topped by a triangular pediment The cornices of the portico, doorway pediment, and roof are all modillioned, as are the roof lines of the hip-roof dormers piercing the roof. A sunporch extends along the eastern facade, and a flat-roofed porch on the west side is connected to a porte-cochere. A period garage stands on the northwest corner of the property; it features styling similar to that found on the main house.

The house was designed by Gibbs & Pulsifer, an architectural firm based in Lewiston, and built for Horace G. Foss. Foss was the owner the Dingley-Foss Company, a manufacturer of footwear employing 500-600 workers.

References

Horatio G. Foss House Wikipedia


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