Charles Manning House

The Charles Manning House is a historic house at 145 Salem Street in Reading, Massachusetts. It is a ​2 1⁄2-story wood-frame house, three bays wide, with a front-facing gable roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. Built c. 1850, it has well-preserved Greek Revival details. It has a typical three-bay side-hall plan, with corner pilasters and a main entry surround consisting of long sidelight windows framed by pilasters and topped by an entablature. The windows are topped by shallow pedimented lintels. Charles Manning was a longtime Reading resident and part of its woodworking community, building parlor desks. Reading's Manning Street is named for him.[2]

Charles Manning House
LocationReading, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′36″N 71°5′42″W
Built1850
ArchitectUnknown
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSReading MRA
NRHP reference No.84002744 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1984

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Charles Manning House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-20.


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