Abraham Watson House

Abraham Watson House
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°23′32.9″N 71°07′58.6″W / 42.392472°N 71.132944°W / 42.392472; -71.132944Coordinates: 42°23′32.9″N 71°07′58.6″W / 42.392472°N 71.132944°W / 42.392472; -71.132944
Built 1750
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Georgian
MPS Cambridge MRA
NRHP reference #

82001984

[1]
Added to NRHP April 13, 1982

The Abraham Watson House is an historic house at 181-183 Sherman Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Description

It is a ​2 1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a gable roof that has a gambrel front. It was built c. 1750 by Abraham Watson, Jr., who was politically active during the American Revolution. The house features, including molded surrounds on the windows, indicate that Watson was a man of substance. The house is one of only two colonial houses standing in North Cambridge, and is the oldest house in the city outside Old Cambridge.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1982.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Abraham Watson House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-24.


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