Amy B. Mitchell House

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Amy B. Mitchell House
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Location Winchester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°27′12″N71°7′47″W / 42.45333°N 71.12972°W / 42.45333; -71.12972
Built1909
MPS Winchester MRA
NRHP reference No. 89000653 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1989

The Amy B. Mitchell House is a historic house at 237 Highland Avenue in Winchester, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1909 in an area made fashionable after the establishment of the Middlesex Fells Reservation, and is an excellent local example of Medieval Revival styling. It features jerkin-headed cross gable sections decorated with vertical valances, exposed rafter ends, and a rustic fieldstone chimney. [2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Amy B. Mitchell House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-15.