Asa Waters Mansion Explained

Asa Waters Mansion
Location:123 Elm St., Millbury, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.1902°N -71.7623°W
Built:1826–
Architect:Asher Benjamin
Architecture:Federal
Added:February 14, 1978
Refnum:78000479

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,[1] 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.[2] The Millbury Historical Society is headquartered there,[3] and the Mansion is used as an event space for public and private organizations and individuals.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asa Waters Mansion – Millbury, MA. 2011-01-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20130815203427/http://asawaters.org/story/overview.htm. 2013-08-15. dead.
  2. Web site: MACRIS inventory record for Asa Waters Mansion . Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2015-10-11.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-01-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101107163557/http://www.blackstonerivervalley.com/navigator/towns/asawaters.php . 2010-11-07.