Location Needham, Massachusetts NRHP Reference # 88000160 Area 4,452 m² | Built 1830 Opened 1830 Added to NRHP 25 February 1988 | |
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Architectural styles Greek Revival architecture, Federal architecture | ||
The Israel Whitney House is a historic house at 963 Central Avenue in Needham, Massachusetts. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame house, five bays wide, with a side gable roof and clapboard siding. Its front facade is symmetrical, with a center entrance flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters, and a corniced entablature on top. The house was built in 1830 by Israel Whitney, who had married Mary Fuller, a descendant of one of Needham's early settlers. Whitney was a shoemaker and active in local politics, holding a variety of offices.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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