Opposition House

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Opposition House
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Location2–4 Hancock Place,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′10″N71°06′25″W / 42.369514°N 71.1068103°W / 42.369514; -71.1068103
Built1807
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Cambridge MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001969 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1982

Opposition House is an historic double house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The two story hip-roofed wood-frame house was built in 1807 by Judge Francis Dana, who was seeking to prevent the laying of Harvard Street across his estate, making it a kind of spite house. Dana's efforts were unsuccessful; the road was routed around this house, which he had sited along the intended route. The house was moved to its present location in the 1860s. It is the oldest surviving house on Dana Hill. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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 Opposition House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-22.