Cheney Read House
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Cheney Read House | |
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| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′54″N 71°6′32″W / 42.36500°N 71.10889°WCoordinates: 42°21′54″N 71°6′32″W / 42.36500°N 71.10889°W |
| Built | 1846 |
| Architect | Hyde,William |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Cambridge MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | [1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 13, 1982 |
The Cheney Read House is an historic house at 135 Western Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The 2.5 story wood frame house was built in 1846 by William Hyde, and is the only house in Cambridge's Cambridgeport neighborhood with a two-story Greek portico. It has four full-height Doric columns, with a gable end that is steeper than the usual Greek Revival style. It has a side-entry plan, with the entrance flanked by pilasters and topped by a pedimented lintel.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Cheney Read House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
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