Pierce House (Reading, Massachusetts)
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| Location | Reading, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°31′38″N 71°5′46″W / 42.52722°N 71.09611°WCoordinates: 42°31′38″N 71°5′46″W / 42.52722°N 71.09611°W |
| Built | 1878 |
| Architect | Abbott, George |
| Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake |
| MPS | Reading MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002794 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The Pierce House is a historic house at 128 Salem Street in Reading, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built sometime between 1875 and 1880 for Samuel Pierce, owner of the nearby Pierce Organ Pipe Factory. The house has Stick style/Eastlake style features, including a steeply pitched gable roof with exposed rafter ends, and an elaborately decorated entry porch with square chamfered columns and brackets in the eaves.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
See also[]
- 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 Pierce House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
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- Houses in Reading, Massachusetts
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