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Henry F. Barker House

Henry F. Barker House
Henry F. Barker House is located in Massachusetts
Henry F. Barker House
Location within Massachusetts
Henry F. Barker House is located in the United States
Henry F. Barker House
Location within the United States
Location103 Greenleaf St., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°15′26.5″N 71°0′8.5″W / 42.257361°N 71.002361°W / 42.257361; -71.002361
Built1871
Architectural styleItalianate
MPSQuincy MRA
NRHP reference No.89001346[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1989

The Henry F. Barker House is a historic house at 103 Greenleaf Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built in 1871 for Henry F. Barker, owner of some of Quincy's largest granite quarries. It is one of the best-preserved Italianate houses on Greenleaf Street, which is lined with fashionable 19th-century houses. The L-shaped house has paired brackets and dentil moulding in the eaves, projecting polygonal window bays with similar features, and a decorated porch in the crook of the L.[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

Henry F. Barker

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Henry Francis Barker was a state legislator in Massachusetts.

He was born and raised in New England.[3] He was part of the "First Norfolk District".[3]

His home at 103 Greenleaf Street in Quincy, Massachusetts is extant.

He represented the First Norfolk District. He died in 1878.[3]

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References

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Henry F. Barker House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Senate, Massachusetts General Court (April 11, 1878). "Documents" via Google Books.