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House at 12 Vernon Street

Coordinates: 42°20′18″N 71°7′22″W / 42.33833°N 71.12278°W / 42.33833; -71.12278
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House at 12 Vernon Street
House at 12 Vernon Street is located in Massachusetts
House at 12 Vernon Street
House at 12 Vernon Street is located in the United States
House at 12 Vernon Street
Location12 Vernon St., Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′18″N 71°7′22″W / 42.33833°N 71.12278°W / 42.33833; -71.12278
Built1890
ArchitectGriffin, Tristram
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSBrookline MRA
NRHP reference No.85003280 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 17, 1985

The House at 12 Vernon Street in Brookline, Massachusetts is one of the town's most elaborate Queen Anne Victorians. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was designed by Tristram Griffin and built in 1890 for William Boynton, a Boston flour merchant. It has classic Queen Anne elements, including a turret, multiple projecting and recessed sections. Its front porch wraps around the turret to the side, supported by paired columns above a spindled balustrade, and features a gable above the entry stairs decorated with latticework and arched spindlework framing the opening.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

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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 House at 12 Vernon Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-19.