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According to an article published on Boston.com in 2021, historical records indicate that the current-day “Skinny House” at 44 Hull Street is actually what remains of what was once a larger structure, [5] originally built as a double house/duplex c. 1857 at 46-48 Hull Street and further subdivided into three properties (numbered 44, 46, and ...
The Skinny House in Boston, Massachusetts, was reputedly built by a man who inherited only a small patch of land, to spite his neighbor by blocking his view.. A spite house is a building constructed or substantially modified to irritate neighbors or any party with land stakes.
Across Hull street from the Copp's Hill Burying Ground is an extremely narrow four-story spite house built shortly after the Civil War. Only 10.4 feet (3.2 m) wide at its widest point, the house is reported by the Boston Globe as having the "uncontested distinction of being the narrowest house in Boston."
Boston has the infamous spite house or "skinny house," built in 1874, but Westminster's spite wall was built more than two decades earlier, making it one of the oldest neighbor quarrels recorded ...
Located in Boston's North End neighborhood, the famous four-story home is about 10 feet wide at its widest point. Boston’s Skinny House sells for more than $1.2M asking price after receiving ...
Virginia: The Hollensbury Spite House. Alexandria’s historic Old Town is home to plenty of curiosities, including this 7-foot-wide home built back in 1830. The owner of an adjacent home was ...
This category is for spite houses, buildings that are constructed or substantially modified in order to irritate neighbors or any party with land stakes. Pages in category "Spite houses" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Skinny House may refer to: Skinny House (Boston), Massachusetts, US; ... Spite house; 75½ Bedford St, ... Smallest house in Amsterdam; Smallest House in Great Britain;