Moses Packard House Explained

Moses Packard House
Location:	Brockton, Massachusetts
Coordinates:	42.0722°N -71.0197°W
Built:	1897
Architect:	Howard & Austin
Architecture:	Queen Anne
Added:	February 17, 1978
Refnum:	78000475

The Moses Packard House is a historic house located at 647 Main Street in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Description and history

It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a first floor finished in rusticated stone. The house has a variety of gables, projections, and porches, typical of the Queen Anne style, including a three-story turret capped by a conical roof. It was built in 1897 by Moses Packard, a prominent local shoemaker, and is one of the city's finest examples of Queen Anne architecture.^[1]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The house now serves as the Dahlborg-MacNevin Funeral Home.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Notes and References

1. Web site: MACRIS inventory record for Moses Packard House. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2015-09-01.
2. http://www.brockton.ma.us/government/departments/Planning/HistoricSites.aspx Historic Sites, City of Brockton
3. http://www.d-mfh.com/ Dahlborg-MacNevin Funeral Homes, Inc.