Read, Cheney, House

135 Western Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts. County/parish: Middlesex.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 13, 1982. NRIS 82001971.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Cheney Read House

The Cheney Read House is an historic house at 135 Western Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The 2+12-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.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790446

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