Richard Pinkham House

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Richard Pinkham House
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Location Medford, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°24′43″N71°6′35″W / 42.41194°N 71.10972°W / 42.41194; -71.10972
Built1850
ArchitectPinkham, Richard G.
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival, Italianate
Part of Middlesex Canal Historic and Archeological District (ID09000936)
NRHP reference No. 07001399 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 16, 2008
Designated CPNovember 19, 2009

The Richard Pinkham House is a historic house at 24 Brooks Park in Medford, Massachusetts. The unusually shaped Italianate wood-frame house was built c. 1850 by Richard Pinkham, a housewright who then lived in the property. The house is unique in Medford in the presence of a 2+12-story octagon section, which rises above the rest of the roughly cruciform house. It was built on a portion of the route of the Middlesex Canal, portions of which were at that time being sold off by its owners. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, [1] and included as part of the Middlesex Canal Historic and Archeological District in 2009. [2]

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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 "NRHP nomination for Richard Pinkham House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved February 27, 2014.