House at 483 Summer Avenue | |
Location | 483 Summer Ave., Reading, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°30′38″N71°6′21″W / 42.51056°N 71.10583°W |
Built | 1830 |
Architectural style | Federal |
MPS | Reading MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 84002652 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The House at 483 Summer Avenue in Reading, Massachusetts, USA, is a modestly decorated vernacular Federal style cottage. The 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1830, late for a Federal style building. Its significant Federal features are its five-bay facade, side-gable roof, and the door surround, which has pilasters supporting a tall entablature with a projecting cornice. The house is finished in wooden clapboards, and has two gabled dormers projecting from the front roof. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]
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