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Listed on the
National Register, the Freeman-Hughes House was built in
1878. The two-story structure is typical of vernacular
interpretations of the Italianate, with two wings
perpendicular to each other, steeply-pitched gabled
roofs, a porch along the façade, a bay window on one
side of the house with decorative brackets under its
cornice, and long, thin shuttered windows. Much of the
detailing of the house trim is of the Carpenter-Gothic
variety, with intricate carpentry work found on the
porch and along the front ends of the gables that face
the street. This Carpenter-Gothic trim is the most
elaborate of any surviving in Springfield. The original
owner, Clarkson W. Freeman, was the son of one of
Springfield’s earliest residents.
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