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Alpheus Mead House

Coordinates: 42°23′34.69″N 71°7′32.77″W / 42.3929694°N 71.1257694°W / 42.3929694; -71.1257694
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Alpheus Mead House
Alpheus Mead House is located in Massachusetts
Alpheus Mead House
Location2200 Massachusetts Ave.,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′34.69″N 71°7′32.77″W / 42.3929694°N 71.1257694°W / 42.3929694; -71.1257694
Arealess than one acre
Built1867
Architectural styleSecond Empire
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.82001961[1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1982

The Alpheus Mead House is a historic house located along Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Description

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The house has a 2+12-story wood-frame structure with a mansard roof. Dormers piercing the roof are topped either by shallow gables or segmented-arch roofs. Modillions line the main roof eave and windows are topped by over-length projecting lintels. The house has also retained its elaborately decorated porch. Built in the mid-1860s, this Second Empire house is one of just a few such houses to survive along Massachusetts Avenue. Its first documented owner was Alpheus Mead, a butcher.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Alpheus Mead House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-21.