Built 1867 NRHP Reference # 83004030 Area 1,214 m² | MPS Cambridge MRA Opened 1867 Added to NRHP 22 December 1983 | |
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Architectural style Second Empire architecture in Europe Similar Lechmere Canal, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Square, Cambridge Common, Semitic Museum |
The Homer-Lovell House is an historic house at 11 Forest Street, just outside Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The two story wood frame house was built in two sections: the main block, a fine Second Empire house, was built in 1867, when the Porter Square area was growing as a residential area because of its train station. In the 1920s the house was extended to the rear and converted into a two-family. Many houses in the area underwent this sort of conversion, most losing their historical integrity. The main block has well-preserved Second Empire features, including extended eaves with brackets, and heavily decorated front portico and projecting bay window.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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