The Asa Waters Mansion is an historic mansion at 123 Elm Street in Millbury, Massachusetts. Designed by architect Asher Benjamin for Asa Waters and Susan Holman Waters, the mansion was built between 1826 and 1832,[2] It is a three-story wood-frame house, with a hip roof ringed by a low balustrade. Its front facade is distinguished by colonnade of fluted two-story pillars with composite capitals, with pilasters at the building corners.[3] The Millbury Historical Society is headquartered there,[4] and the Mansion is used as an event space for public and private organizations and individuals.
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| Location | 123 Elm St., Millbury, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°11′24.6″N 71°45′44.4″W / 42.190167°N 71.762333°W |
| Built | 1826–1832 |
| Architect | Asher Benjamin |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000479[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 14, 1978 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
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Elevation of East Front, Asa Waters House, 1824, by Asher Benjamin
See also
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Asa Waters Mansion – Millbury, MA". Archived from the original on 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Asa Waters Mansion". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-07. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
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