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]
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| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′41″N 71°06′35″W / 42.37801°N 71.10965°W |
| Built | 1861 |
| Architectural style | Second Empire |
| Part of | Shady Hill Historic District (ID86001680) |
| MPS | Cambridge MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000791 [1] |
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| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1983 |
| Designated CP | May 19, 1986 |
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]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for Francis J. Child House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved March 8, 2014.