Alpheus Mead House

{{short description|Historic house in Massachusetts, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Alpheus Mead House

| nrhp_type =

| image = Alpheus Mead House.jpg

| caption =

| location = 2200 Massachusetts Ave.,
Cambridge, Massachusetts

| coordinates = {{coord|42|23|34.69|N|71|7|32.77|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Massachusetts

| area = less than one acre

| built = 1867

| architect =

| architecture = Second Empire

| added = April 13, 1982

| refnum = 82001961{{NRISref|2008a}}

| mpsub = Cambridge MRA

}}

The Alpheus Mead House is a historic house located along Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Description

The house has a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story wood-frame structure with a mansard roof. Dormers piercing the roof are topped either by shallow gables or segmented-arch roofs. Modillions line the main roof eave and windows are topped by over-length projecting lintels. The house has also retained its elaborately decorated porch. Built in the mid-1860s, this Second Empire house is one of just a few such houses to survive along Massachusetts Avenue. Its first documented owner was Alpheus Mead, a butcher.{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=cam.247|title=MACRIS inventory record for Alpheus Mead House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-03-21}}

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

See also

References

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}

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Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Category:Houses completed in 1867

Category:Second Empire architecture in Massachusetts

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