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August 1964 FRONT ENTRANCE - George Washington Whittemore House, 329 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
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Boucher, Jack E.
Title
August 1964 FRONT ENTRANCE - George Washington Whittemore House, 329 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
Depicted place Massachusetts; Middlesex County; Cambridge
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS MASS,9-CAMB,14-3
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: House was originally remarkable for extensive use of exterior papier mache ornament. Front and side eaves of main block, and cupola were trimmed with molded papier mache "gingerbread" mounted on wooden barge boards, until fire from painter's blow-torch in 1931. Cupola retained trim at least as late as 1951 - evidence of durability of material for exterior use when well-maintained. (Exterior papier mache ornament was rather widely used in Boston suburbs c. 1840-55.) In its eclectic design, house was typical of suburban residences built on Dana Hill c. 1850, when formal Greek Revival tradition was yielding to freer Italianate forms and more picturesque massing.
  • Survey number: HABS MA-881
  • Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1965 Demolished
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ma0264.photos.079868p
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Object location42° 22′ 30″ N, 71° 06′ 22″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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