Parker House (Salem Street, Reading, Massachusetts)
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Location | 52 Salem St., Reading, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°31′35.18″N 71°6′0.54″W / 42.5264389°N 71.1001500°WCoordinates: 42°31′35.18″N 71°6′0.54″W / 42.5264389°N 71.1001500°W |
Built | 1792 |
Architectural style | Federal |
MPS | Reading MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 84002774[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The Parker House is a historic house at 52 Salem Street in Reading, Massachusetts. It is a 2+1⁄2-story vernacular Federal-style wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. Its center entrance is particularly fine, with tall sidelight windows flanked by pilasters, and topped by an entablature with a shallow hood. The house was built in 1792, although its center chimney may date from an older house built on the site in 1715. Jonas Parker, the builder, was active in the American Revolution. A portion of Parker's farm was dedicated as Memorial Park in 1919.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
See also[]
- Parker House (Haven Street, Reading, Massachusetts)
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Parker House, Salem Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Reading, Massachusetts
- Federal architecture in Massachusetts
- Houses completed in 1792
- Houses in Reading, Massachusetts
- Reading, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs