Edmund Reardon House

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Edmund Reardon House
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Location195 Erie Street,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′37.3″N71°06′28.1″W / 42.360361°N 71.107806°W / 42.360361; -71.107806 Coordinates: 42°21′37.3″N71°06′28.1″W / 42.360361°N 71.107806°W / 42.360361; -71.107806
Built1884
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPS Cambridge MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001972 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1982

The Edmund Reardon House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 2.5-story Queen Anne house was built in 1884 for Edmund Reardon, whose family operated a nearby soap factory. The house has elaborately decorated porches and half-timbering in various gable ends. [2]

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The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

Edmund Reardon

On Tuesday, October 24, 1939, Edmund Reardon, the oldest active banker in the country, died at 102 years of age in his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a vice president and a director of the Union Savings Bank. [3] He also active in Cambridge city politics, serving as alderman and councilor. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "MACRIS inventory record for Edmund Reardon House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  3. New York Times Obituary, 1939