Parker House (Haven Street, Reading, Massachusetts)

Parker House
Location Reading, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°31′24.14″N 71°6′2.63″W / 42.5233722°N 71.1007306°W / 42.5233722; -71.1007306Coordinates: 42°31′24.14″N 71°6′2.63″W / 42.5233722°N 71.1007306°W / 42.5233722; -71.1007306
Built 1881
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne
MPS Reading MRA
NRHP Reference # 84002778[1]
Added to NRHP July 19, 1984

The Parker House is a historic house at 316 Haven Street in Reading, Massachusetts. It is a two-story wood frame cottage, two bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof, clapboard siding, and a side entrance accessed from its wraparound porch. It is a well-preserved example Queen Anne/Stick style, with high style features that are unusual for a relatively modest house size. Its front gable end is embellished with Stick style woodwork resembling half-timbering, and the porch is supported by basket-handle brackets.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Parker House, Haven Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-17.


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