Rowhouses at 256-274 Haven Street

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Location Reading, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°31′24.59″N71°6′6.8″W / 42.5234972°N 71.101889°W / 42.5234972; -71.101889 Coordinates: 42°31′24.59″N71°6′6.8″W / 42.5234972°N 71.101889°W / 42.5234972; -71.101889
Built 1886
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Reading MRA
NRHP reference #

84002817

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Added to NRHP July 19, 1984

The Rowhouses at 256-274 Haven Street (also known as the Edward Manning Houses) are a series of historic rowhouses at 256-274 Haven Street in Reading, Massachusetts, USA. They were built in 1886 by Edward Manning on the site of a millyard that had been destroyed by fire a few years before. The rowhouses are in a Greek Revival/Italianate style, unusual given that these styles had passed out of fashion by that time. They are the only period rowhouses in Reading. [2]

Reading, Massachusetts Town in Massachusetts, United States

Reading is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, 16 miles (26 km) north of central Boston. The population was 24,747 at the 2010 census.

The rowhouses were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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This is a list of properties and historic districts in Reading, Massachusetts, that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is within Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Wikimedia list article

This is a listing of places in Middlesex County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. With more than 1,300 listings, the county has more listings than any other county in the United States.

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