Quincy House Tour

1627mn

1627

1627 Maine Street is a wonderful Richardsonian Romanesque home that has many of the planning and ideas associated with Queen Anne and Shingle style homes of the same periods. The use of red limestone with pink mortar really sets this house off as one with a great deal of surface texture and hand craftsmanship. The entry to the house is well defined by the large Romanesque arch that leads one up to the large porch, a shingle style idea.

The roof of the house is a large central gable with castle-like turrets that project from it. Aside the west turret is a second level porch that was sometimes used for sleeping in the warmer months. The railing on the porches is an ornate floral expression, which does not allude to classicism in any way. The role of the porch on this house, as well as many other shingle style homes of the era, is to unify all of the unusual roof and building projections. Shingles are used on the side and rear facades of the house to show that this house is really a variation on the shingle style rather than a pure Richardsonian Romanesque. The two styles, because of their picturesque ideals, were really easy to integrate together to create a unique house composition.