Built 1854 NRHP Reference # 82001955 Area 4,047 m² | MPS Cambridge MRA Opened 1854 Added to NRHP 13 April 1982 | |
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Architectural style Greek Revival architecture Similar Lechmere Canal, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Square, Cambridge Common, Semitic Museum | ||
Rufus Lamson House is an historic house at 72-74 Hampshire Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few blocks from the Lamson Place.
The house was apparently built and owned by Rufus Lamson (October 2, 1809 - July 13, 1879) and then inherited by his widow Mary Jane Lamson (Butler) (1812 - Unknown) whom he married at Boston, on Thanksgiving Eve, 1832. Rufus Lamson was a stonemason and a large holder of real estate, known for his liberal treatment of the landlord and tenant relation. He was a member of the Universalist Church in Cambridge and served as an assessor for the city for twenty-two years.
Rufus Lamson and his son, Rufus William Lamson (1833 - 1912) ran a firm Rufus Lamson & Son that built many of the substantial brick structures now standing in Cambridgeport.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.