Francis J. Child House | |
Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°22′41″N 71°6′37″W / 42.37806°N 71.11028°W |
Built | 1861 |
Architectural style | Second Empire |
Part of | Shady Hill Historic District ( ID86001680) |
MPS | Cambridge MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 83000791 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 30, 1983 |
Designated CP | May 19, 1986 |
The Francis J. Child House is an historic house at 67 Kirkland Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a mansard roof, wooden clapboard siding, and a porch extending across the main facade. The house was built in 1861, and is a distinctive Second Empire cottage with jigsaw-cut molding over its gable windows. The lower (steep) portion of the mansard roof has hexagonal tiles, and the building retains its original siding. [2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, [1] and included in the Shady Hill Historic District in 1986. [2]