Charles Brooks House

Charles Brooks House
Location Medford, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°25′18″N 71°7′28″W / 42.42167°N 71.12444°W / 42.42167; -71.12444Coordinates: 42°25′18″N 71°7′28″W / 42.42167°N 71.12444°W / 42.42167; -71.12444
Built 1785
Architect Unknown
Architectural style No Style Listed
NRHP Reference #

75000269

[1]
Added to NRHP June 18, 1975

The Charles Brooks House is a historic house at 309 High Street in Medford, Massachusetts. It is a 2.5 story wood frame house with brick side walls, each of which has two chimneys built into it. The house is estimated to have been built around 1780, early in the Federal period. It has exterior details that are now rare in Medford, including corner quoining and cornice detailing. The house is most notable, however, for its association with Rev. Charles Brooks, a prominent figure in local history.[2]

Brooks (1795-1872) played an active role in the development of the educational systems of Massachusetts, including its normal schools. He also cowrote an early history of the city.[3]

Bust of Charles Brooks

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Charles Brooks". socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu.
  3. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Charles Brooks House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-27.


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