Parker House (Haven Street, Reading, Massachusetts)

The Parker House is a historic house in Reading, Massachusetts. It is a two-story wood-frame cottage, two bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof, clapboard siding, and a side entrance accessed from its wraparound porch. It is a well-preserved example Queen Anne/Stick style, with high style features that are unusual for a relatively modest house size. Its front gable end is embellished with Stick style woodwork resembling half-timbering, and the porch is supported by basket-handle brackets.[2]

Parker House
Parker House (Haven Street, Reading, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Parker House (Haven Street, Reading, Massachusetts)
Parker House (Haven Street, Reading, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
Parker House (Haven Street, Reading, Massachusetts)
Location316 Haven Street,
Reading, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′24.14″N 71°6′2.63″W / 42.5233722°N 71.1007306°W / 42.5233722; -71.1007306
Built1881
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake, Queen Anne
MPSReading MRA
NRHP reference No.84002778[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1984

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Parker House, Haven Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-17.