The Forest Hill Cottage is a historic cottage at 22 Windsor Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. The 1+12-story wood-frame house was built in 1860, and is one of the city's best examples of Carpenter Gothic design. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Forest Hill Cottage
Forest Hill Cottage is located in Massachusetts
Forest Hill Cottage
Forest Hill Cottage is located in the United States
Forest Hill Cottage
Location22 Windsor St., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°16′40″N 71°47′27″W / 42.27778°N 71.79083°W / 42.27778; -71.79083
Arealess than one acre
Built1860 (1860)
Architectural styleCarpenter Gothic
MPSWorcester MRA
NRHP reference No.80000529 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 05, 1980

Description and history

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The Forest Hill Cottage is located in the hills of eastern Worcester, on the east side of Windsor Street near its junction with Forestdale Road. It is a 1-1/2 wood-frame structure, oriented facing south. It has asymmetrical massing, with varied steeply pitched gables, narrow arched windows, and board-and-batten siding. The street-facing facade has a three-window projecting rectangular window bay, while the front has a semi-octagonal porch that is a later 19th century addition. The gables originally had decorative bargeboard, which has been removed. Windows are in a variety of sizes and shapes, including some with round-arch tops, and others with pointed headers.[2]

The house was built in 1860, and was probably originally a mirror image of the Soho Cottage, located just across the street. Its first owner, Luther Ross, was a patternmaker at the Court Mill. He apparently gave it the name "Forest Hill Cottage", and occupied it until 1886. The next owners were the Goughs, who owned it well into the 20th century.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Forest Hill Cottage". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-14.