Federal: 1780 to 1830

The Federal style is in many ways a refinement of the Georgian style. Houses almost always exhibit the same five-bay façade but tend to be more delicate in their massing and detailing. One of the hallmarks of the style is the fanlight or fan over the center entrance. The front door is often flanked by sidelights running halfway down the door. Larger panes of glass became more affordable and readily available in the late 18th century and thus windows typically display double-hung sash with six panes of glass in each.

Examples Found in Belmont

Jonathan Stone Mansion, 1800 | 160-162 Washington Street

Representative Architectural Styles Federal 160-162 Washington Street
Representative Architectural Styles Federal 160-162 Washington Street - Historic

The house is significant for its connection with the Stone family, early settlers and successful market farmers in Belmont.

Begun in 1775 by Jonathan Stone, it was not finished until around 1800. In the intervening years Jonathan fought in the Revolutionary War as a minuteman Vith Colonel Samuel Barnard's Watertown Company, married Sarah Watson in 1783, and farmed the family estate with his father and brother William.

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Thaddeus Frost House, 1805 | 291 Brighton Street

Representative Architectural Styles Federal 291 Brighton Street
Representative Architectural Styles Federal 291 Brighton Street - Historic

The Thaddeus Frost House is significant as the homestead of the important Belmont farming family, the Frosts, and as the site of a famous celery farm which was still in operation as late as 1944. Frost family members have owned property in Belmont for 270 years, these early settlers being the progenitors of most of the 'Frosts' in America today. Thaddeus C. Frost, who built this house in circa 1805, was the nephew of Captain Stephen Frost and grandson of Captain Ephraim Frost, both famous Revolutionary War heroes.

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