William Murphy House | |
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| Location | 97 Sewall Avenue, Brookline, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°20′30″N71°7′0.3″W / 42.34167°N 71.116750°W Coordinates: 42°20′30″N71°7′0.3″W / 42.34167°N 71.116750°W |
| Built | 1886 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| MPS | Brookline MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85003303 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 17, 1985 |
The William Murphy House is a historic house located in Brookline, Massachusetts.
This 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1886 by Waldo Stearns, and is a well-preserved local example of a Queen Anne Victorian. It was purchased in 1930 by Doctor William Parry Murphy, who shared the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a cure for pernicious anemia. [2] (The home of one of Murphy's corecipients, Dr. George Minot, is also located in Brookline, and is a National Historic Landmark.)
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 17, 1985. [1]
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