John Aborn House

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John Aborn House
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Location41 Orchard Street,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′29.7″N71°07′13.4″W / 42.391583°N 71.120389°W / 42.391583; -71.120389
Arealess than one acre
Built1846 (1846)
ArchitectJoshua Fernald
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
MPS Cambridge MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001883 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1982

The John Aborn House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1846, it is one of west Cambridge's first examples of residential housing with Italianate features. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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Description and history

The John Aborn House stands in a residential area northwest of Porter Square, on the northeast side of Orchard Street between Blake and Beech Streets. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof and clapboarded exterior. A two-story porch extends across the front, supported by square posts. The gable eaves have decorative brackets, and the ground floor windows on the front are topped by lintels adorned with small brackets. [2]

The house was built in 1846, not long after Orchard Street was platted for development. It was one of the first houses with Italianate elements to be built in the city, coming just one year after the style was introduced. The house was built by Joshua Fernald, a local master carpenter, and was located for convenient access to the Fitchburg Railroad depot (now the Porter MBTA station). It originally did not have a large front porch; a two-story porch with Victorian turned posts and balusters was added about 1890 (as seen in 1972 cultural survey photos); [2] the present porch is a subsequent replacement.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "MACRIS inventory record for John Aborn House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-05.