One of my favorites in Dorchester is this Second Empire manse, built c.1870 for cotton broker Freeman S. Packer. The house at 14 Everett Street in the Clam Point/Harrison Square neighborhood is a handsome, formal example of a Luther Briggs-designed Italianate Mansard residence. Although today sheathed in vinyl siding, much of the original siding and trim detail are likely still under there, preserved. Set back from the street facing an ample hedge-enclosed front yard, the three bay main façade exhibits a center pavilion and full-length front porch which undoubtedly appealed to summer guests who vacationed here when this house was known at the Russell House, an apartment hotel during the 1890s and early 1900s.
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Will have to explore this part of Dorchester!
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Since I was able to pull up a picture of the opened wooden gate to this beautiful house, it’s too bad you couldn’t have been able to take a picture of the house showing the porch and the detailing of the front of the house. I presume if you wanted to walk through the wooden gate, you would have invaded being on personal property?
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Yes. I thought the hedge was the star so wanted to feature that as well. In my Instagram post, I showed this house from the side.
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