Wyeth-Smith House

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Wyeth-Smith House
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Location152 Vassal Lane,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′00.8″N71°08′20.1″W / 42.383556°N 71.138917°W / 42.383556; -71.138917
Built1820
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Cambridge MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001989 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1982

The Wyeth-Smith House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof. Its only significant decorative element is the entrance, which is flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters, with an entablature above. It was built in 1820 by Jacob Wyeth, and leased to Ebenezer Smith, a tenant farmer. The house, which is the finest extant period farmhouse in the area, was originally located at the junction of Fresh Pond Parkway and Huron Avenue, and was relocated to its present site in 1893. [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 Wyeth-Smith House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-25.