Name/Title
Frank C. Nash House | River Road, Cherryfield, Maine | Cherryfield Historic DistrictDescription
Built:1891
Address:
River Road
Cherryfield, Maine
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
Section number 7, Page 23:
57. Frank C. Nash House, 1891 - C River Road
Asaph Allen, Architect and Builder
The Nash house is a sUbstantial Queen Anne style dwelling which stands on a commanding site at the rear of a deep lot that falls toward the road. Its asymmetrical composition consists of an L-shaped main block with pedimented gables and a wraparound front porch. The principal elevation is characterized by a sequence of architectural elements that recede from the front plane. A square two-story bay projects from the main block, but is sheltered by the pediment and flanked by overscale shaped brackets. Behind it on the northside is a long sloping shed roof that extends across a truncated tower and above a large bulls-eye window. The porch, which has turned elements, extends from this feature across the front bay. A second porch spanning the ell is located on the south side. There is a carriage house at the rear with a clipped gable roof and a shed addition behind this. This entire building, with the exception of the gable ends, is sheathed in weatherboards. A gable roofed barn covered in shingles stands off the southwest corner of the house.
Frank C. Nash was a partner in the lumber manufacturing firm of William M. Nash and Sons. The pending construction of his house was noted in the May 16, 1891, edition of the Machias Republican. In its August 1 edition, the paper reported that the house was "being built from the drawings of a residence erected last season on the Hudson."