Capt. Seth Baker Jr. House

Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

United States historic place


Capt. Seth Baker Jr. House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


41°39′22″N 70°16′22″W / 41.65611°N 70.27278°W / 41.65611; -70.27278
Built	1850 (1850)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
MPS	Barnstable MRA
NRHP reference No.	87000299^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1987

The Capt. Seth Baker Jr. House is a historic house in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Built about 1850, it is a late example of transitional Federal-Greek Revival architecture, and a somewhat modest house built for a ship's captain. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

Description and history

The Captain Seth Baker Jr. House stands in a busy commercial area of the village of Hyannis, on the south side of Main Street between Parkway Place and Bayview Street. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. Its front facade is five bays wide, with a central entrance framed by Federal style slender pilasters, tall frieze, and projecting cornice.^[2] Greek Revival features include its slightly lower window placement and the clapboarded exterior.^[3] A modern single-story addition extends to the rear.^[2]

The house was built about 1850, and its survival in what is now a commercial area is a reminder of the area's early history. It was built by Seth Baker, Jr., a deep-sea ship's captain. The house's modest features are a contrast to the more elaborate houses often built by ship's captains in the area, indicating that there was a wide range of economic situations in that profession.^[2] The house now houses professional offices.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c "MACRIS inventory record and NRHP nomination for Capt. Seth Baker Jr. House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
^ "Barnstable Multiple Resource Area Document". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2016-10-31.

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