Dana-Palmer House

Dana-Palmer House
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°22′23″N 71°6′54″W / 42.37306°N 71.11500°W / 42.37306; -71.11500Coordinates: 42°22′23″N 71°6′54″W / 42.37306°N 71.11500°W / 42.37306; -71.11500
Built 1822
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal
MPS Cambridge MRA
NRHP Reference #

86001682

[1]
Added to NRHP May 19, 1986

The Dana-Palmer House is an historic house at 12-16 Quincy Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The two story wood frame house was built in 1822, and is basically Federal in its styling, although it has a Greek Revival porch. The house was built on land belonging to the Dana family, and was occupied by Richard Henry Dana, Sr. among others, before its acquisition by Harvard University in 1835. From 1839 to 1843 the building was used as Harvard's first astronomical observatory, before being converted for use as a residence for its professors. One of its residents of long tenure was George Herbert Palmer, who lived there for nearly forty years. In 1947 the house was moved to its present location, and alterations made for its astronomical uses were reversed.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[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. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Dana-Palmer House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-09.


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