Bennink-Douglas Cottages
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Bennink-Douglas Cottages | |
Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°22′47″N 71°7′26″W / 42.37972°N 71.12389°W |
Built | 1874 |
Architect | Bennink,G.J.; Douglas,W.G. |
Architectural style | Second Empire, Other |
MPS | Cambridge MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86001272 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 19, 1986 |
The Bennink-Douglas Cottages are a collection of four historic workers' cottages on 35-51 Walker Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The four nearly identical mansard-roofed Second Empire cottages were built in 1874 as a speculative venture by Gerritt Bennink and William Douglas for sale as low-to-middle-cost housing for workers. Their style was typical of low-cost housing built during the 1870s throughout Cambridge. Each cottage has two units, and is symmetrically arranged around a porch with doors for both units. The mansard roof projects over the first floor, with decorative brackets in the eave underneath.[2]
The cottages were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Bennink-Douglas Cottages". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-06.