David Frost House

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David Frost House
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Location Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′0.1″N71°07′19.7″W / 42.383361°N 71.122139°W / 42.383361; -71.122139 Coordinates: 42°23′0.1″N71°07′19.7″W / 42.383361°N 71.122139°W / 42.383361; -71.122139
Built1815
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Cambridge MRA
NRHP reference No. 83000801 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1983

The David Frost House is an historic house at 26 Gray Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with twin interior chimneys and a typical Federal period center-hall plan. It was built in 1815, and was originally located on Massachusetts Avenue, then a relatively rural area. It was relocated to its present site in 1889, when Massachusetts Avenue became a desirable location to build larger, more fashionable houses, after the arrival of public transit. [2]

The house was built in 1815 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for David Frost House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-11.