House at 53 Linden Street

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House at 53 Linden Street
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Location53 Linden St., Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°20′4.22″N71°6′58.82″W / 42.3345056°N 71.1163389°W / 42.3345056; -71.1163389
Built1843
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
MPS Brookline MRA
NRHP reference No. 85003291 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 17, 1985

The House at 53 Linden Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, is a well-preserved local example of transitional Greek Revival-Italianate styling. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1843–44 by John Faxon. It has a pedimented gable front with pilasters, but is L-shaped and has round-arch windows in its gables, both Italianate features. It is one of four surviving Greek Revival houses in the neighborhood, which was developed beginning in 1840. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [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. "MACRIS inventory record for House at 53 Linden Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-19.