Built 1824 NRHP Reference # 85003262 Added to NRHP 17 October 1985 | MPS Brookline MRA Opened 1824 | |
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Location 61 Heath St., Brookline, Massachusetts Architectural style Greek Revival architecture Similar Larz Anderson Auto Mus, Temple Ohabei Shalom, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Church of Our Saviour, Holyhood Cemetery | ||
The Gen. Simon Elliot House is a historic house at 61 Heath Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. The core of this is house is a 1-1/2 story Greek Revival cottage built in 1824 by General Simon Elliot, a Scottish immigrant and merchant whose descendants (daughter and grandson) married into the prominent Perkins and Cabot families. It is the oldest Greek Revival house in Brookline; features such as pilastered corners and an entry with sidelight and transom windows are still recognizable despite later, mainly Colonial Revival, alterations.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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