Parker House (Salem Street, Reading, Massachusetts)

The Parker House is a historic house at 52 Salem Street in Reading, Massachusetts. It is a 2+12-story vernacular Federal-style wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. Its center entrance is particularly fine, with tall sidelight windows flanked by pilasters, and topped by an entablature with a shallow hood. The house was built in 1792, although its center chimney may date from an older house built on the site in 1715. Jonas Parker, the builder, was active in the American Revolution. A portion of Parker's farm was dedicated as Memorial Park in 1919.[2]

Parker House
Parker House (Salem Street, Reading, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Parker House (Salem Street, Reading, Massachusetts)
Parker House (Salem Street, Reading, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
Parker House (Salem Street, Reading, Massachusetts)
Location52 Salem St., Reading, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′35.18″N 71°6′0.54″W / 42.5264389°N 71.1001500°W / 42.5264389; -71.1001500
Built1792
Architectural styleFederal
MPSReading MRA
NRHP reference No.84002774[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1984

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

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Parker House, Salem Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-17.