House at 79-81 Salem Street

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House at 79-81 Salem Street

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House at 79-81 Salem Street
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Location Reading, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°31′35″N71°5′56″W / 42.52639°N 71.09889°W / 42.52639; -71.09889 Coordinates: 42°31′35″N71°5′56″W / 42.52639°N 71.09889°W / 42.52639; -71.09889
Built 1845
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal
MPS Reading MRA
NRHP reference #

84002676

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Added to NRHP July 19, 1984

The House at 79-81 Salem Street in Reading, Massachusetts is a modest Greek Revival two-family cottage. The wood frame house was built sometime between 1830 and 1854 is a typical vernacular Greek Revival house, with a five-bay facade and a paired central entrance. When the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, the two entrances were flanked by pilasters supporting an unusually tall entablature; [2] the house has since been covered in synthetic siding, and a projecting portion at the top of the entablature has been removed.

Reading, Massachusetts Town in Massachusetts, United States

Reading is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, 16 miles (26 km) north of central Boston. The population was 24,747 at the 2010 census.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

See also

This is a list of properties and historic districts in Reading, Massachusetts, that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is within Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Wikimedia list article

This is a listing of places in Middlesex County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. With more than 1,300 listings, the county has more listings than any other county in the United States.

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References

  1. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for House at 79-81 Salem Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-21.