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The Larches (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

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Built
  
1808

NRHP Reference #
  
82001956

Area
  
4,452 m²

Added to NRHP
  
13 April 1982

MPS
  
Cambridge MRA

Opened
  
1808

Architectural style
  
Georgian architecture

The Larches (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Location
  
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Architect
  
Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr.

Similar
  
Lechmere Canal, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Square, Cambridge Common, Semitic Museum

The Larches is a historic house at 22 Larch Road in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This 2.5 story wood frame house was built c. 1808, and originally stood on one of the last of Cambridge's large Brattle Street estates to be subdivided. It was moved to its present location in 1915, at which time it underwent renovations and alterations designed by Alexander Longfellow, Jr. The building's interior and exterior both retain significant Federal style detailing. The house was built by William Gray, a Salem merchant, as a summer house. Twentieth century owners included composer Randall Thompson.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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The Larches (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Wikipedia