Ephrain Weston House | |
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| Location | 229 West Street, Reading, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°31′5.75″N71°7′12.23″W / 42.5182639°N 71.1200639°W |
| Built | 1800 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Reading MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002845 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The Ephraim Weston House is a historic house in Reading, Massachusetts. [2] It is incorrectly listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Ephrain Weston House, at 224 West Street. [1] It was built in the early years of the 19th century by Ephraim Weston, a local real estate developer and businessman; he operated a local general store and a shoe manufacturing business, one of the early such businesses in the town. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and two chimneys. The main facade faces south (not to the street, which lies to the west), and has a single-story porch extending across its width, supported by square posts. The building corners are pilastered, and a single-story bay projects from the west side. The house is locally distinctive as a rare Federal period house with a hip roof and later applied Italianate styling. [2]
