Second A. P. Cutter House

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Second A. P. Cutter House
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Location89 Summer Street,
Arlington, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°25′8″N71°9′29″W / 42.41889°N 71.15806°W / 42.41889; -71.15806 Coordinates: 42°25′8″N71°9′29″W / 42.41889°N 71.15806°W / 42.41889; -71.15806
Built1855
Architectural styleItalianate
MPS Arlington MRA
NRHP reference No. 85001029 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 18, 1985

The Second A. P. Cutter House is a historic house in Arlington, Massachusetts. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure that is architecturally transitional, exhibiting Italianate massing with Greek Revival decorations. It is three bays wide, with pilasters at the corners, and window surrounds with simple brackets. Its center entrance, now housing two doorways, is sheltered by an Italianate porch with balustrade above. The house was built c. 1855, and is associated with one of several Ammi Pierce Cutters from the locally prominent Cutter family. It was converted to a two-family residence in 1949. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [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 Second A. P. Cutter House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-27.