House at 105 Marion Street | |
 House at 105 Marion Street, June 2023 | |
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| Location | 105 Marion St., Brookline, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°19′51″N71°7′29″W / 42.33083°N 71.12472°W |
| Built | 1861–1862 |
| Architectural style | Second Empire style |
| MPS | Brookline MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85003278 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 17, 1985 |
105 Marion Street is a historic house located in Brookline, Massachusetts. It is significant as a well-preserved local example of the Second Empire style of architecture.
The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1861–1862. It has a typical mansard roof, with a central bell-shaped pediment above the centered front entrance. The pediment stands above a Palladian window with narrow side windows, which is above the main entry. The entry is sheltered by a porch supported by paired square columns. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 17, 1985. [1]
The Dexter Richardson House is an historic house at 5 South Street in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2 story wood-frame house was built c. 1736, and is a well-preserved local example of transitional Georgian-Federal styling. The basic massing of the main block is Georgian, with five bays and a central entry, with a large central chimney. The entry is framed by Federal style fluted pilasters and topped by a heavy pediment; there is a five-light transom window above the door.
The Theodore W. Richards House is a National Historic Landmark at 15 Follen Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1900, it was the home until his death of Theodore William Richards (1868–1928), the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Richards was a leading experimental chemist of his day, measuring the atomic weights of a large number of elements. He was also responsible for the growth of Harvard University's graduate chemistry program to one of the finest in the nation. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
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