NRHP Reference # 73000855 Opened 1836 | Built 1836 Designated CP February 22, 1989 Added to NRHP 8 May 1973 | |
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Part of Roxbury Highlands Historic District (#89000147) Architectural style Greek Revival architecture Similar Hayden Building, Roxbury High Fort, Roslindale Substation, Eliot Burying Ground, First Church in Roxbury | ||
Alvah kittredge house ribbon cutting
The Alvah Kittredge House is an historic house at 12 Linwood Street 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.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and designated a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 2016.
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