William Cook House (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

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William Cook House
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Location Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′45″N71°8′5″W / 42.37917°N 71.13472°W / 42.37917; -71.13472 Coordinates: 42°22′45″N71°8′5″W / 42.37917°N 71.13472°W / 42.37917; -71.13472
Built1876
ArchitectLongfellow, W. P. P.
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake, Queen Anne
MPS Cambridge MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001934 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1982

The William Cook House is an historic house at 71 Appleton Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States of America. The 2+12-story brick house was built in 1877, and is distinctive as a transitional Stick style/Queen Anne building executed using a rare construction material (brick) for a residence in Cambridge. Queen Anne styling is evident in the varied massing and gables, and in the polychrome brick surface. It also has an extremely well preserved Victorian interior. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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 William Cook House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-09.