The Aaron Taft House is an historic house at 215 Hazel Street, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, United States. Built about 1749, it is one of five surviving gambrel-roofed 18th-century houses in the town. It is 1+1⁄2 stories in height, with a side-gabled gambrel roof, clapboard siding, and central chimney. The main facade is asymmetrical, with three window bays, one to the left of the entrance, which is off center, and is adorned with sidelight windows, pilasters, and a simple entablature.[2] It was the birthplace in 1785 of Peter Rawson Taft, the grandfather of President William Howard Taft.[citation needed]
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| Location | Uxbridge, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°4′47″N 71°39′7″W / 42.07972°N 71.65194°W |
| MPS | Uxbridge MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83004134[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 7, 1983 |
On October 7, 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Aaron Taft House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-10-01.