Wisteria Lodge (Reading, Massachusetts)

Wisteria Lodge is a historic house in Reading, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story Second Empire wood-frame house was built in 1850 by Oscar Foote, a local real estate developer entrepreneur who attempted to market bottled mineral water from nearby springs. The house has a mansard roof with fish scale slate shingles, bracketed eaves, an elaborate porte cochere, and styled window surrounds with triangular pediments. The porches and porte cochere are supported by square columns set on paneled piers, with arched molding between.[2]

Wisteria Lodge
Wisteria Lodge (Reading, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Wisteria Lodge (Reading, Massachusetts)
Wisteria Lodge (Reading, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
Wisteria Lodge (Reading, Massachusetts)
Location146 Summer Avenue,
Reading, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′25.05″N 71°7′5.89″W / 42.5236250°N 71.1183028°W / 42.5236250; -71.1183028
Built1850
Architectural styleSecond Empire
MPSReading MRA
NRHP reference No.84002857[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 Wisteria Lodge". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-15.