Rev. Daniel Putnam House

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Rev. Daniel Putnam House
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Rev. Daniel Putnam House
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Location27 Bow Street,
North Reading, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°34′27″N71°4′40″W / 42.57417°N 71.07778°W / 42.57417; -71.07778
Built1720
Architectural styleColonial
MPS First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No. 90000176 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1990

Rev. Daniel Putnam House is a historic late First Period colonial house in North Reading, Massachusetts. Built in 1720, it is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, central chimney, and a Federal/Greek Revival entry surround. The house is distinctive in having an extremely well-preserved interior chamber, with intact plaster and paint. [2] The house is owned by the town of North Reading. It is the headquarters of the North Reading Historical and Antiquarian Society. The house is open Society meetings and for special events. [3] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [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. "NRHP nomination for Rev. Daniel Putnam House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
  3. "Putnam House". North Reading Historical and Antiquarian Society. Retrieved 2014-02-24.

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