David Kenney House

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David Kenney House
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Location67 Summer St., Stoneham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°28′30″N71°5′42″W / 42.47500°N 71.09500°W / 42.47500; -71.09500 Coordinates: 42°28′30″N71°5′42″W / 42.47500°N 71.09500°W / 42.47500; -71.09500
Built1850
MPS Stoneham MRA
NRHP reference No. 84002725 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1984

The David Kenney House is a historic house at 67 Summer Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Built c. 1850, the two-story wood-frame structure is a well-preserved worker's cottage, with a side-gable roof and a single interior chimney. Only one room deep, it has three irregularly placed windows on both the first and second floors, and an off-center front entry. It was listed as belonging to a laborer named David Kenney between 1858 and 1889. Its scrolled front entrance hood is probably a later addition. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [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 David Kenney House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-27.