Alvah Kittredge House | |
Location | 12 Linwood Street, Boston, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°19′47″N 71°5′38″W / 42.32972°N 71.09389°W |
Built | 1836 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
Part of | Roxbury Highlands Historic District ( ID89000147) |
NRHP reference No. | 73000855 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 8, 1973 |
Designated CP | February 22, 1989 |
The Alvah Kittredge House is an historic house in the highlands of the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story Greek Revival mansion was built in 1836 for Alvah Kittredge, a leading real estate developer of the time. It was originally located at the site of the Roxbury Low Fort, a defensive earthworks of the American Revolutionary War, and was moved to its present site after 1896. It was the home of noted Boston architect Nathaniel J. Bradlee for 30 years. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and designated a Boston Landmark [3] by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 2016. [4]