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Description
“Horace A. Hawkes House” circa 1880
Second Empire Style
420 Merrimac Street, Newburyport
#newburyportarchitecture

ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
This one-and-a-half story house with mansard roof - #MansardMonday - is vernacular in style. It exhibits features of several of the Victorian styles popular toward the end of the nineteenth century. The mansard roof is characteristic of the Second Empire style. The pedimented dormers were inspired by the popular Italianate styles. The dentil cornice, bay window, and simple entrance porch are classical in nature and may be early twentieth century additions to the structure. The octagonal cupola is worthy of note and probably dates from the original period of construction.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
The original owner of this building has yet to be documented. The structure was built at the end of the nineteenth century. The original owner could very well have been Horace A. Hawkes. At his death Hawkes willed the property to his daughter Mary A. Gooch. In 1927 she sold the house to Joseph A. Gagnon.

Source(s):
- Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS), NWB.464

Description
“Horace A. Hawkes House” circa 1880
Second Empire Style
420 Merrimac Street, Newburyport
#newburyportarchitecture

ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
This one-and-a-half story house with mansard roof - #MansardMonday - is vernacular in style. It exhibits features of several of the Victorian styles popular toward the end of the nineteenth century. The mansard roof is characteristic of the Second Empire style. The pedimented dormers were inspired by the popular Italianate styles. The dentil cornice, bay window, and simple entrance porch are classical in nature and may be early twentieth century additions to the structure. The octagonal cupola is worthy of note and probably dates from the original period of construction.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
The original owner of this building has yet to be documented. The structure was built at the end of the nineteenth century. The original owner could very well have been Horace A. Hawkes. At his death Hawkes willed the property to his daughter Mary A. Gooch. In 1927 she sold the house to Joseph A. Gagnon.

Source(s):
- Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS), NWB.464