Parker House (Haven Street, Reading, Massachusetts)
Appearance
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Location | Reading, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°31′24.14″N 71°6′2.63″W / 42.5233722°N 71.1007306°W |
Built | 1881 |
Architect | Unknown |
Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne |
MPS | Reading MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 84002778[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The Parker House is a historic house at 316 Haven Street in Reading, Massachusetts. It is a two-story wood frame cottage, two bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof, clapboard siding, and a side entrance accessed from its wraparound porch. It is a well-preserved example Queen Anne/Stick style, with high style features that are unusual for a relatively modest house size. Its front gable end is embellished with Stick style woodwork resembling half-timbering, and the porch is supported by basket-handle brackets.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
See also
- Parker House (Salem Street, Reading, Massachusetts)
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Parker House, Haven Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-17.