Edmund Parker Jr. House

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Edmund Parker Jr. House
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Location287 Cambridge Street,
Winchester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°27′22″N71°9′35″W / 42.45611°N 71.15972°W / 42.45611; -71.15972 Coordinates: 42°27′22″N71°9′35″W / 42.45611°N 71.15972°W / 42.45611; -71.15972
Built1826
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
MPS Winchester MRA
NRHP reference No. 89000610 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1989

The Edmund Parker Jr. House is a historic house in Winchester, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1826, and is one of a few transitional Federal-Greek Revival houses in the town. It has the typical Federal plan of five bays wide and two deep, with a center entry framed by a Greek Revival portico. The house was built by Edmund Parker Jr., whose father was one of the first settlers in the area. [2]

The house was listed on 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 Edmund Parker Jr. House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-16.