Charles Capron House is an historic house at 2 Capron Street in Uxbridge, Massachusetts

Uxbridge, Massachusetts

Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It was first settled in 1662, incorporated in 1727 at Suffolk County, and named for the Earl of Uxbridge. Uxbridge is south-southeast of Worcester, north-northwest of Providence, and southwest of Boston. It is part of...

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The house was built in 1874 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Charles Capron House has Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture

The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...

. The Capron family had been prominent in this community since the 18th century. John Capron, Sr.

John Capron

John Willard Capron was an American military officer in the infantry, state legislator, and textile manufacturer.-Early life, family:...

started a woolen factory nearby which used the first power looms for woolens in America.