The Frank Wilbur House is a historic house in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA near Park Square, Rhode Island. Built c. 1923, this is an architecturally distinctive bungalow form with Japanese elements. It has a complex roof line with three gables and an L-shaped entrance porch with posts mounted on high yellow-brick piers. The front windows are organized in threes with small colored-glass panes flanking clear glass.[2] Wilbur was a farmer who built this house between his farm and Woonsocket Agricultural Society fairgrounds, which is now Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church.[3]

Frank Wilbur House
Frank Wilbur House is located in Rhode Island
Frank Wilbur House
Frank Wilbur House is located in the United States
Frank Wilbur House
Location1273 Park Avenue,
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°59′8″N 71°30′59″W / 41.98556°N 71.51639°W / 41.98556; -71.51639
Built1923
Architectural styleBungalow/Craftsman
MPSWoonsocket MRA
NRHP reference No.82000012[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1982

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "National Register MRA form for Woonsocket, Rhode Island (PDF pages 106-107)" (PDF). State of Rhode Island. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
  3. ^ "Woonsocket - Sites on National Register of Historic Places".