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Styles · 80 buildings with a page · 310 more in the state inventory, not yet researched

Greek Revival

The house turns its gable to the street and puts on a temple front.

Usual dates
1825–1860
In Newburyport
c. 1840–1855
Built 1775–1830
5
Built 1830–1860
72
Built 1860–1900
3
146 High Street, Newburyport
An example146 High StreetRichard W. Drown House1842 · Photo: Biff Bouse

How to recognize it

  1. 01The gable end turned to the street, often with a full pediment or a cornice return
  2. 02Wide corner pilasters and a deep, plain frieze board under the eaves
  3. 03A door with a rectangular transom and sidelights, framed by pilasters or an entablature
  4. 046-over-6 sash, sometimes with small frieze windows in the attic band
  5. 05A side-hall plan: the door at one side of a three-bay front
  6. 06A low-pitched roof and, on the fullest examples, a columned portico

About the style

Greek Revival made the house a temple: the gable end faces the street, the corners become wide pilasters, and a broad frieze band runs under the eaves. Doors get a rectangular transom and sidelights instead of a fan. Full columns are rare in Newburyport, where the style mostly appears in modest side-hall houses and cottages built in the decades after the shipping boom, and in the Greek details added to older houses.

Because the same carpenters worked in both styles, many houses here are Federal in plan and Greek in trim, or Greek in plan with Italianate brackets added later.

Greek Revival in Newburyport

27-29 Merrill Street, Newburyportc. 178527-29 Merrill StreetDoyle-Wall-Beillo House12 Auburn Street, Newburyport182512 Auburn StreetNewburyport GaolTransitional Neo-Classical/Greek Revival17-19 Bromfield Street, Newburyportc. 183017-19 Bromfield StreetGeorge Fitz HouseFederal/Greek Revival210 High Street, Newburyportc. 1830210 High StreetJohnson House55 Oakland Street, Newburyportc. 183055 Oakland StreetLord, John B. Building - Sash and Blind Company348 Merrimac Street, Newburyportc. 1835348 Merrimac StreetGeorge W. Jackman House6 Dove Street, Newburyportc. 18406 Dove StreetHenry Page House2 Harris Street, Newburyportc. 18402 Harris StreetWilliam S. Dodge House16 Harris Street, Newburyportc. 184016 Harris StreetRichard Fowler House45 Market Street, Newburyportc. 184045 Market StreetSilas Dodge House76 Middle Street, Newburyport, in the MACRIS inventory photoc. 184076 Middle StreetJoseph M. George House1 Charles Street, Newburyport18421 Charles StreetJames Steam Mill146 High Street, Newburyport1842146 High StreetRichard W. Drown House10 Tyng Street, Newburyportc. 184310 Tyng StreetBenjamin Dutton House12-14 Tyng Street, Newburyportc. 184312-14 Tyng StreetCaptain Abraham Somerby House20 Tyng Street, Newburyportc. 184320 Tyng Street44 Boardman Street, Newburyportc. 184444 Boardman StreetJohn H. Page House10 Congress Street, Newburyportc. 184410 Congress Street16 Olive Street, Newburyportc. 184416 Olive StreetEdward Burrill House78 Federal Street, Newburyportc. 184578 Federal StreetRichard Plumer House60 High Street, Newburyportc. 184560 High StreetSarah Lord Lunt Titcomb House267-269 Merrimac Street, Newburyportc. 1845267-269 Merrimac StreetThomas M. Sargent House42-44 Middle Street, Newburyportc. 184542-44 Middle StreetRolfe-Morse House6-8 Munroe Street, Newburyportc. 18456-8 Munroe StreetJames Blood Speculative Mill Worker Housing10-12 Munroe Street, Newburyportc. 184510-12 Munroe StreetJames Blood Speculative Mill Worker Housing14-16 Munroe Street, Newburyportc. 184514-16 Munroe StreetJames Blood Speculative Mill Worker Housing15-29 Munroe Street, Newburyport184515-29 Munroe StreetAlbert Currier Block5 Oak Street, Newburyportc. 18455 Oak StreetSamuel Caswell House5-7 Oakland Street, Newburyportc. 18455-7 Oakland StreetJosiah Sawyer House11 Oakland Street, Newburyportc. 184511 Oakland StreetJohn B. Atwood HouseVernacular Greek Revival15 Oakland Street, Newburyportc. 184515 Oakland StreetMoses Stevens House11 Orange Street, Newburyportc. 184511 Orange Street1 Park Street, Newburyportc. 18451 Park StreetThomas Randlett House5 Park Street, Newburyportc. 18455 Park StreetReverend W. A. McGinley House9 Parsons Street, Newburyportc. 18459 Parsons StreetC. Knapp House18 Salem Street, Newburyportc. 184518 Salem StreetP. Flaherty House13 Spring Street, Newburyport, in the MACRIS inventory photoc. 184513 Spring StreetDavid Woodwell House16 Washington Street, Newburyportc. 184516 Washington StreetGeorge Fitz House19 Washington Street, Newburyportc. 184519 Washington StreetHills House27 Washington Street, Newburyportc. 184527 Washington StreetHenry Stockman House163-165-167-169 Water Street, Newburyportc. 1845163-165-167-169 Water StreetGordon Welchman House38 Munroe Street, Newburyportc. 184638 Munroe StreetRobert Merrill House12 California Street, Newburyportc. 184712 California StreetJohn Colby House25 Charter Street, Newburyportc. 185025 Charter StreetCaptain Jacob B. Brown House16 Eagle Street, Newburyportc. 185016 Eagle StreetFoster W. Smith House26 Eagle Street, Newburyportc. 185026 Eagle Street31 Forrester Street, Newburyport185031 Forrester StreetMarquand House56 High Street, Newburyportc. 185056 High Street38 Kent Street, Newburyportc. 185038 Kent StreetWilliam Keyes HouseLate Federalist/Greek Revival53 Kent Street, Newburyportc. 185053 Kent StreetJ.B. Reed House289 Merrimac Street, Newburyportc. 1850289 Merrimac StreetJ. McQuillan House20 Oakland Street, Newburyportc. 185020 Oakland Street67 Purchase Street, Newburyportc. 185067 Purchase Street48–50 Temple Street, Newburyport, in the MACRIS inventory photoc. 185048–50 Temple StreetHenry W. Kinsman–John Downer House1 Walnut Street, Newburyportc. 18501 Walnut StreetNathan Junkins House44 Washington Street, Newburyportc. 185044 Washington Street26 Congress Street, Newburyportc. 1852–187226 Congress StreetMrs. George Towle House252 High Street, Newburyportc. 1852–1865252 High StreetJohn Ambrose McArthur Cottage6 Olive Street, Newburyportc. 1852–18876 Olive Street15 Purchase Street, Newburyportc. 185215 Purchase Street5 Brown Square, Newburyport, in the MACRIS inventory photoc. 18535 Brown SquareCharles Hasseltine House7 Brown Square, Newburyport, in the MACRIS inventory photoc. 18547 Brown SquareOliver B. Spaulding House67 Bromfield Street, Newburyportc. 185567 Bromfield StreetWilliam Kidder House20 Carter Street, Newburyportc. 185520 Carter Street19 Fair Street, Newburyportc. 185519 Fair StreetSamuel Brown House116–122 High Street, Newburyport, in the MACRIS inventory photoc. 1855116–122 High StreetCharles H. Coffin Row House18–20 Olive Street, Newburyportc. 185518–20 Olive Street3 Parsons Street, Newburyportc. 18553 Parsons StreetStephen Bartlett House27 Purchase Street, Newburyportc. 185527 Purchase StreetCharles H. Ireland and Sarah Collins House25 Walnut Street, a white Greek Revival house with a cupola and red doorc. 185525 Walnut StreetPillsbury–Kingsbury House51 Woodland Street, Newburyport185551 Woodland StreetGeorge W. Jackman House10 Ocean Street, Newburyportc. 185810 Ocean StreetReed-Osborn House78 Curzon Mill Road, Newburyport185978 Curzon Mill RoadElizabeth Curzon Hoxie House56 Boardman Street, Newburyportc. 186056 Boardman StreetW.P. Jones House10 Broad Street, Newburyportc. 186010 Broad StreetW. McComber House48 Federal Street, Newburyportc. 186048 Federal StreetDaniel G. Tilton House341 High Street, Newburyportc. 1860341 High StreetOliver Hale BuildingVernacular Greek Revival28 Tyng Street, Newburyportc. 186528 Tyng StreetDaniel Bridges House24 Broad Street, Newburyportc. 187024 Broad StreetJoseph H. Currier House16-18 Broad Street, Newburyportc. 189016-18 Broad StreetEben P. Cutter House
Also in the state inventory 310 buildings not yet researched

1–3 Lafayette Court

106–108 High Street

111–113 Merrimac Street

113–115 State Street

13–17 Boardman Street

14–16 Buck Street

14–16 Carter Street

14–16 Fair Street

14–16 North Atkinson Street

14–16 Purchase Street

14–16 Temple Street

143–145 Merrimac Street

143–145 Water Street

15–17 Charles Street

15–17 Parsons Street

156–162 High Street

18–20 Fair Street

18–20 Marlboro Street

18–20 Titcomb Street

18–22 Federal Street

19–21 Pond Street

2–4 Cutter Court

2–4 Griffin Court

2–4 Warren Street

20–22 Munroe Street

206–208 High Street

209–211 Merrimac Street

21–23 Oakland Street

21–23 Ship Street

21–23 Walnut Street

219–221 Merrimac Street

229–231 Merrimac Street

23–25 Boardman Street

23–27 Green Street

24–26 Charles Street

24–26 Liberty Street

25–27 Oakland Street

26–28 Kent Street

273–275 Merrimac Street

28–30 Toppan's Lane

29–31 State Street

293–295 Merrimac Street

3–5 Purchase Street

3–7 Franklin Street

30–32 Marlboro Street

31–33 Ashland Street

31–33 Kent Street

31–33 Oakland Street

31–35 Warren Street

32–34 Milk Street

33–35 Milk Street

330–332 High Street

34–36 Bromfield Street

38–40 Carter Street

39–41 Ashland Street

39–41 Forrester Street

4–14 Tremont Street

4–6 Eagle Street

40–42 Purchase Street

41–43 Lime Street

41–43 Warren Street

43–45 Ashland Street

43–45 Milk Street

44–46 Temple Street

46–48 Middle Street

47–47 ½ Purchase Street

47–49 Oakland Street

48–48 ½ Prospect Street

5–7 Atwood Street

5–7 Fair Street

5–7 Parsons Street

50–52 Water Street

51–53 Ashland Street

54–56 Purchase Street

55–57 Kent Street

6–8 California Street

6–8 Court Street

7–9 Lunt Street

7–9 Purchase Street

7–9 Spring Street

7–9 Tremont Street

74–76 Pleasant Street

78–80 Bromfield Street

8–10 Pine Street

80–82 Marlboro Street

86–88 Prospect Street

88–90 Bromfield Street

9–11 Ocean Street

9–13 Fair Street

98–100 Pleasant Street

Allen Street

Ashland Place

Ashland Street

Auburn Street

Boardman Street

Broad Street

Bromfield Street

California Street

Carter Street

Charles Street

Charter Street

Congress Street

Cutter Court

Dove Street

Eagle Street

Essex Street

Fair Street

Federal Street

Forrester Street

Franklin Street

Goodwin Avenue

Greenleaf Street

Hancock Street

Harris Street

Harrison Street

High Street

Hill Street

Howard Street

Jackson Street

Jefferson Street

Johnson Street

Kent Street

Liberty Street

Lime Street

Lunt Street

Madison Street

Market Street

Marlboro Street

Merrill Street

Merrimac Street

Middle Street

Milk Street

Moseley Avenue

Munroe Street

Neptune Street

North Atkinson Street

Oak Street

Oakland Street

Olive Street

Orange Street

Papanti Court

Park Street

Parsons Street

Pike Street

Pine Street

Pleasant Street

Prospect Street

Purchase Street

Railroad Street

Salem Street

Ship Street

Smith's Street

Spofford Street

Spring Street

State Street

Temple Street

Titcomb Street

Tremont Street

Tyng Street

Vernon Street

Walnut Street

Washington Street

Water Street

Woodland Street

Styles are as recorded on each building's page; a building whose page names two styles is listed under the one that fits its date, or under Victorian Eclectic when both are Victorian, with its own wording under its address. Buildings not yet researched show the state inventory's dates and styles. Hollow dots are lost buildings. Locations: MassGIS / Massachusetts Historical Commission.