Robert Murray House

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Robert Murray House
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Location85 Crescent St., Waltham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′14.3″N71°14′25.4″W / 42.370639°N 71.240389°W / 42.370639; -71.240389 Coordinates: 42°22′14.3″N71°14′25.4″W / 42.370639°N 71.240389°W / 42.370639; -71.240389
Built1859
Architectural styleItalianate
MPS Waltham MRA
NRHP reference No. 89001580 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 1989

The Robert Murray House is a historic house at 85 Crescent Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1859, and was one of the earliest Italianate Victorian houses built in the area. It has classic Italianate styling, with a three-bay facade that has a small centered cross gable, and paired brackets in the eaves and gable ends. Its entry is sheltered by a porch with fluted Doric columns topped by a dentillated pediment. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [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 Robert Murray House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-04-29.