Frederick Flagg House

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Frederick Flagg House
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Location65 Fairmont Ave., Waltham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′19″N71°15′25″W / 42.37194°N 71.25694°W / 42.37194; -71.25694
Built1930
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Georgian Revival
MPS Waltham MRA
NRHP reference No. 89001573 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 1989

The Frederick Flagg House is a historic house at 65 Fairmont Avenue in Waltham, Massachusetts. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, four bays wide, with a rear roof sloping down to the first floor in a classic New England saltbox profile. The house was built in 1930 by Frederick Flagg, as a copy of the c. 1710 "Home Sweet Home" house in East Hampton, New York. The principal difference is that Flagg's replica has a more elaborate entry, framed by Doric pilasters and topped by a four-light transom and pediment. Its interior also replicates historic woodwork that was on display in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. [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 Frederick Flagg House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
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