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Massachusetts Queen Anne Victorian

Bob is in Rowley, Massachusetts, which dates from 1694 when minister Ezekiel Rogers came to the New World with 20 families. Rowley is surrounded by beaches and marshes, with little change in the historic neighborhoods in town. The Queen Anne Victorian Bob visits was built in 1890 along with two other homes. Original details like the gable-end scallop shingles and the square window with colored insets still remain. The house was remodeled in the 1950s when the side porch was enclosed to make a beauty parlor. David and Jeanne Masher, the owners, replaced the former stable with a garage and studio, but have not siginificantly changed the original home. The Mashers will redo the kitchen to create a family area, add a deck and a mudroom, and blend it all with the backyard landscape to transition their indoor living outdoors.

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Excavation and Foundation Work on the Rowley Victorian Now Playing

Excavation and Foundation Work on the Rowley Victorian

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Tour of the Victorian Interior

Exterior Demolition on the Victorian in Rowley, Massachusetts Now Playing

Exterior Demolition on the Victorian in Rowley, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Queen Anne Victorian Now Playing

Massachusetts Queen Anne Victorian

Reviewing Plans for Updating the Victorian Now Playing

Reviewing Plans for Updating the Victorian

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Massachusetts Queen Anne Victorian

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" Green had fly which ruins everybody's time at the beach but right here in this part of town there hasn't been that much change over the years the house behind me an 1890s queen and was put up by a builder along with two or three others on the block I guess that the defining feature of the of this little queen -- is the gable end that you see up there which has some -- shingle work as well as the distinctive square window with the colored glass -- the border. Now in the 1950s. That this house was. And remodel a little bit and they enclosed the porch that was on this side it was used as a beauty parlor for the neighborhood since 1995. David and -- mash your who bought the house. Have done little to remodel the exterior but they did have to do some major work on the backside of it where an old stable was collapsing they took it down and they replaced it with a two car garage and studio that you see behind me but anyway right now the project involves. Re doing a little bit of the interior family kitchen area as well as creating a nice large backyard deck and blending into the landscaping the contractors under way so let's go take a look."

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