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{{short description|Historic house in Massachusetts, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP
 | name = William Marston House
 | nrhp_type = 
 | image = BarnstableMA_WilliamMarstonHouse.jpg
 | caption = 
 | location = 71 Cotuit Rd.,<br/>[[Barnstable, Massachusetts]]
 | coordinates = {{coord|41|39|8|N|70|24|53|W|display=inline,title}}
 | locmapin = Cape Cod#Massachusetts#USA
 | area =
 | built = {{start date|1780}}
 | architect =
 | architecture = Georgian
 | added = March 13, 1987
 | mpsub = Barnstable MRA
 | refnum = 87000234<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
}}

The '''William Marston House''' is a historic house located in the [[Marstons Mills, Massachusetts|Marstons Mills]] area of [[Barnstable, Massachusetts]].

== Description and history ==
The {{frac|2|1|2}}-story wood-frame house was built c. 1780 by Benjamin Marston, from the third generation of Marstons that gave the area its name. It has a five-bay facade and a large central chimney, with a centered entry framed by [[Pilaster|pilasters]] and topped by a [[Transom (architecture)|transom]] window and [[entablature]]. The building underwent a major restoration in the 1960s.<ref name="MACRIS">{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=brn.661|title=MACRIS inventory record for William Marston House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-05-01}}</ref>

The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on March 13, 1987.<ref name="nris" />

==See also==
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts]]

==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}

[[Category:Houses in Barnstable, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Barnstable, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Barnstable County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Georgian architecture in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Houses completed in 1780]]


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