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The Jarvis

Coordinates: 42°22′48.4″N 71°7′3.3″W / 42.380111°N 71.117583°W / 42.380111; -71.117583
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The Jarvis
The Jarvis is located in Massachusetts
The Jarvis
The Jarvis is located in the United States
The Jarvis
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′48.4″N 71°7′3.3″W / 42.380111°N 71.117583°W / 42.380111; -71.117583
Built1890; 134 years ago (1890)
ArchitectJ. R. & W. P. Richards
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.86001308 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 19, 1986

The Jarvis is a historic apartment building at 27 Everett Street, on the north side of the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1890, the 4+12-story brick building was one of the first apartment houses built in the vicinity of northern Massachusetts Avenue. At the time, Massachusetts Avenue north of Harvard was predominantly lined with large fashionable houses. The Jarvis fit into this to some extent by being designed to resemble a large single family residence of the time. The building has irregular Queen Anne massing, polychrome trim, and massive corbelled end chimneys.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[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 The Jarvis". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-19.