House at 11 Beach Street
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| Location | Reading, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°31′18.11″N 71°5′40.69″W / 42.5216972°N 71.0946361°WCoordinates: 42°31′18.11″N 71°5′40.69″W / 42.5216972°N 71.0946361°W |
| Built | 1880 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne |
| MPS | Reading MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The House at 11 Beach Street in Reading, Massachusetts is a modest Queen Anne cottage, built c. 1875-1889 based on a published design. The house is a narrow three bays wide, an artifact of the lot size. It had fish-scale shingles and Stick-style decoration in its front gable,[2] but most of these have since been removed or obscured by the application of synthetic siding.
The house was built as a speculative venture by Emily Ruggles, a prominent local businesswoman who operated a dry goods store and bought land on Beach Street for development in 1875. This house and the one adjacent were the first houses she had built.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
- 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 "NRHP nomination for House at 11 Beech Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
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