Walcott House, 179 Great Road, Stow, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: The significance of the Walcott House lies in the building's architecture and its historical association with Stow, Lower Village. The Walcott House, 179 Great Road, Stow, Massachusetts was originally a Greek Revival style, wood-frame house constructed ca. 1830. Standing two-and-one half stories tall with corner pilasters and end-gable presentation to the street, the house presently consists of the original, pedimented main body and a 1920s addition - a two-story, gable on hip-roof wing constructed in the Colonial Revival style. Leaded glass lights, an eyebrow dormer, bay windows with small paned sash and column supported porch were added in the early decades of the twentieth-century. The house is located in the Lower Village section of Stow. The Lower Village was Stow's original town center and retains, in addition to the Lower Village Common, buildings in a variety of architectural styles that represent significant periods in the town's development. The Walcott House would contribute to the historic and architectural significance of a potential Stow Lower Village Historic District which has been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places by the Massachusetts State Historic Preservation Officer.
Survey number: HABS MA-1286