Alpheus Mead House

The Alpheus Mead House is an historic house located at 2200 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Alpheus Mead House
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′35″N 71°7′33″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1867
ArchitectUnknown
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Other
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.82001961[1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1982

Description

It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a mansard roof. Dormers piercing the roof are topped either by shallow gables or segmented-arch roofs. Modillions line the main roof eave, and windows are topped by over-length projecting lintels. The house has also retained its elaborately decorated porch. Built in the mid-1860s, this Second Empire house is one of just a few such houses to survive along Massachusetts Avenue, which was once lined with handsome and well-spaced houses. Its first documented owner was Alpheus Mead, a butcher.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

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