Chester Kingsley House

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Chester Kingsley House
Chester Kingsley House, Cambridge, MA - IMG 4728.JPG
Chester Kingsley House is located in Massachusetts
Chester Kingsley House
Location10 Chester Street,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′36.3″N 71°07′27.7″W / 42.393417°N 71.124361°W / 42.393417; -71.124361Coordinates: 42°23′36.3″N 71°07′27.7″W / 42.393417°N 71.124361°W / 42.393417; -71.124361
Built1866
Built byStephen Stiles (1866); Wellington Fillmore (1890)
ArchitectWilliam Sidebottom (1919)
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Queen Anne
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.82001954[1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1982

The Chester Kingsley House is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Description and history[]

The oldest portion of this architecturally eclectic house was built in 1866, with Second Empire styling. The original owner was Chester W. Kingsley, a local politician, and the builder was Stephen Stiles.[2] Kingsley had the house remodeled in 1890, adding a tower and ell. At the same time, the house's Second Empire ornament was replaced with Queen Anne and Colonial Revival ornament. Wellington Fillmore was the builder who executed the work.[3] Kingsley and his wife lived in the house until their deaths in 1904. In 1908 the house was leased by Mae I. Copp and Minnie A. Copp as a private hospital, which became known as the Chester Hospital.[4] During the occupancy of the Copp sisters, the house was altered several times, most substantially in 1919, when architect William Sidebottom designed a three-story extension to the ell.[5]

The house was later a nursing home, and is now apartments. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Chester Kingsley". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  3. ^ "New Buildings Completed and in Process of Erection," Cambridge Chronicle July 26 1890, 12.
  4. ^ "New Private Hospital," Cambridge Chronicle, September 15 1908, 6.
  5. ^ Cambridge Buildings and Architects


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