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42°31′10″N 71°6′56″W / 42.51944°N 71.11556°W / 42.51944; -71.11556
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House at 242 Summer Avenue
House at 242 Summer Avenue is located in Massachusetts
House at 242 Summer Avenue
House at 242 Summer Avenue is located in the United States
House at 242 Summer Avenue
Location Reading, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°31′10″N 71°6′56″W / 42.51944°N 71.11556°W / 42.51944; -71.11556
Built1912; 112 years ago (1912)
Architectural styleShingle Style
MPSReading MRA
NRHP reference  No. 84002681 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1984

242 Summer Avenue is a historic house located in Reading, Massachusetts. It is locally significant as a well-preserved example of a Shingle style house.

Description and history

The two-story wood-frame house was built in 1912; it has irregular massing with a hip roof. There are two gable-topped pavilions framing a central section of the front facade, which have roof sections extending to the sides of the house that shelter porches (the front entry to the right, a sitting porch to the left). First-floor windows on the pavilions are grouped in a way reminiscent of Prairie style design. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 19, 1984. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for House at 242 Summer Avenue". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-21.