Scanlon and Grady House
438-440 Broad St
1870
Architectural Style
Gothic Revival, Italianate
Significance
Architecture
Use Type
Multiple Family Dwelling House
Neighborhood
Henry Perkins Co.
Massachusetts Historical Commission Report
Architectural Significance
Double houses are a relatively rare housing type in Bridgewater and generally represent worker's housing. #438 and 440 Broad St. is composed of a long rectangular plan with a 9-bay main facade which is dominated by a pair of steeply pitched, vaguely Gothic Revival gables. Paved entrances open onto a well-crafted porch with a lattice work base, turned posts and balusters and a pedimented porch roof which is decorated with curving, floral pattern brackets.
Historical Significance
For many years this house was occupied by members of the Scanlon and Grady families. During the 1870s Elizabeth, widow of Charles Scanlon, lived in part of the house while the other section was inhabited by Dennis Grady, laborer. Undoubtedly nearby factories on Spring, Broad or Perkins Ave. provided employment for this house's occupants.