Winfield House (Quincy, Massachusetts)

The Winfield House was a historic house at 853 Hancock Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built c. 1880, it was a ​2 ¹⁄₂-story wood-frame structure with exuberant Queen Anne styling. It was built by John Chamberlin, a traveling hardware salesman. The house was particularly distinctive for its onion-domed tower near the center of the structure, an unusual placement and topping for such a tower.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

Winfield House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	853 Hancock St., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°15′43.7″N 71°0′44″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1880
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Quincy MRA
NRHP reference No.	89001347[1]
Added to NRHP	September 20, 1989

Winfield House served as a restaurant for 50 years. The house was demolished in 1998[2] by its then owners, Eastern Nazarene College, to make way for a campus expansion; all that is left now is stairs leading up to an empty house lot and the elm tree. The carriage house and a portion of the main house floating staircase were moved to a private residence in Stoughton, MA.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Quincy, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "NRHP nomination and MACRIS inventory record for Winfield House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-09.