Thursday, March 06, 2008

Thursday is "This Old House Day"

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This unusual Queen Anne residence at 10 Winthrop Avenue in the Wollaston Hills section was built in 1911 for a Mrs. A. C. Soutter. Boston architect Frederick H. Gowing (in practice 1903-1937) designed the $7700 structure and builders Singer & Stewart were the contractors. I like the curvilinear lines of the house and the conical tower, the rounded corners and what about the very prominent curved wrap-around balustraded porches, not to mention the granite foundation. I've been waiting to catch this multi-family residence dripping in icicles but conditions haven't cooperated. This is one of my favorite old houses in Quincy.

6 comments:

George Townboy said...

Just beautiful! Another great one.

Janet said...

This one is from back when houses had tons of character.

Jim Klenke said...

wonderful looking house.

The Lone Beader® said...

That is a mansion! :)

Southern Heart said...

I think that this one is my favorite yet! That is a lovely photo.

Unknown said...

I'm so glad you took a picture of this wonderful grand home -- being a Wollaston townie, it's a favorite of mine too. Would love to see the inside. Being built on a hill, makes it all the more lovely perched nicely into the hill side.

Summer Attraction

This tiger swallowtail butterfly was a delight to see pollinating the phlox bed along my driveway.