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Lars Petterson-Silas Archer Three-Decker
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	80 Fairhaven Rd., Worcester, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°18′32″N 71°47′40″W / 42.30889°N 71.79444°W / 42.30889; -71.79444
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1920 (1920)
Architect	Lars Petterson
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Worcester Three-Deckers TR
NRHP reference No.	89002359
Added to NRHP	February 9, 1990

The Lars Petterson-Silas Archer Three-Decker is a historic triple decker house in Worcester, Massachusetts. The house was built c. 1920, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a good example of Colonial Revival architecture from that period. Some of those features have subsequently been lost (see photo).

Description and history

The Lars Petterson-Silas Archer Three-Decker is located in a residential area of Worcester's northeastern Greendale neighborhood, on the south side of Fairhaven Road east of Leeds Street. It is a three-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and exterior clad in modern siding. It retains some Colonial Revival styling, including a fully pedimented gable end, and a three-level porch supported by round columns. The main gable is fully pedimented, with a square diamond-light window at its center. Other details, such as a modillioned and dentillated cornice, and wooden shingle bands between the levels, have been lost or obscured due to the application of modern siding (see photo).

The house was built about 1920 by Lars Petterson, a local builder who developed a number of properties in the Greendale area. That area was at the time undergoing intensive development as a streetcar suburb, serving workers employed either downtown or in industrial facilities to its north. Petterson first used the property for rental units, leasing to workers at the Norton Company plant and other north Worcester industrial businesses.

See also

• Lars Petterson-Adolph Carlson Three-Decker, 76 Fairhaven Road
• Lars Petterson-Fred Gurney Three-Decker, 2 Harlow Street
• Lars Petterson-James Reidy Three-Decker, 4 Harlow Street
• National Register of Historic Places listings in eastern Worcester, Massachusetts

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Lars Petterson-Silas Archer Three-Decker". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

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