Alvah Kittredge House

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Alvah Kittredge House
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Location12 Linwood Street,
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°19′47″N71°5′38″W / 42.32972°N 71.09389°W / 42.32972; -71.09389
Built1836
Architectural styleGreek Revival
Part of Roxbury Highlands Historic District (ID89000147)
NRHP reference No. 73000855 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 8, 1973
Designated CPFebruary 22, 1989

The Alvah Kittredge House is an historic house in the highlands of the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story Greek Revival mansion was built in 1836 for Alvah Kittredge, a leading real estate developer of the time. It was originally located at the site of the Roxbury Low Fort, a defensive earthworks of the American Revolutionary War, and was moved to its present site after 1896. It was the home of noted Boston architect Nathaniel J. Bradlee for 30 years. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and designated a Boston Landmark [3] by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 2016. [4]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Alvah Kittredge House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  3. City of Boston. "Alvah Kittredge House Study Report, Boston Landmarks Commission" (PDF).
  4. "Petition Stats June 2016" (PDF). City of Boston. Retrieved June 4, 2023.