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Samuel Copeland House

Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

Summary

Historic house in Massachusetts, United States

Field	Value
name	Samuel Copeland House
image	Samuel Copeland House Worcester MA.jpg
location	31 Harvard St., Worcester, Massachusetts
coordinates
locmapin	Massachusetts#USA
area	less than one acre
built	c.
architecture	Greek Revival
added	March 05, 1980
mpsub	Worcester MRA
refnum	80000563

The Samuel Copeland House is a historic house located at 31 Harvard Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built c. 1847, the elaborate Greek Revival house is one two in the city with a full temple front. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1980.

Description and history

The Samuel Copeland House is located on the northern fringe of downtown Worcester, on the west side of Harvard Street. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a front-facing gabled roof and a clapboarded exterior. The building's facade has a full two-story portico supported by four fluted Corinthian columns. Its triangular full pedimented gable with window framed by foliate decoration. Other windows on the main facade are topped by molded caps on consoles. Building corners are adorned by pilasters. A later single-story ell extends to the left of the main block.

The house was built by Samuel Copeland, a toolmaker who eventually founded the Copeland Hardware Manufacturing Company in c. 1865. It is one of only two temple-fronted Greek Revival houses in the city (the other is the Arad Alexander House). Copeland, a native of Thompson, Connecticut, worked for several local manufacturers before establishing his own firm, and claimed credit for inventing the first iron planing machine. Copeland owned the house until about 1863; its subsequent owners included a druggist, merchant, and county treasurer.

References

{{NRISref. 2008a
"NRHP nomination for Samuel Copeland House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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