Building at 259 Mount Auburn Street

Building at 259 Mount Auburn Street
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′29″N 71°7′56″W / 42.37472°N 71.13222°W / 42.37472; -71.13222Coordinates: 42°22′29″N 71°7′56″W / 42.37472°N 71.13222°W / 42.37472; -71.13222
Built 1850
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Cambridge MRA
NRHP Reference #

83000786

[1]
Added to NRHP June 30, 1983

The Building at 259 Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts is an unusually small Italianate house. Its construction history is unclear, because it was apparently moved to the present site in the late 1850s. Its Italianate styling places its construction c. 1850, and its small size (22' by 18') suggests it may have originally been built as a railroad depot, probably from the Watertown Branch Railroad. It is two stories in height, with a shallow-pitch hip roof that extends to an unusual length beyond the walls, and is supported by large decorative brackets.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for 259 Mount Auburn Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-08.

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