Jefferson Cutter House

The Jefferson Cutter House is a historic house on the National Register of Historic Places and located at 611 Massachusetts Avenue in the center of Arlington, Massachusetts. Housing the Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum, it is dedicated to the sculptor Cyrus Edwin Dallin, who was a long-time Arlington resident.[2]

Jefferson Cutter House
Photo of the house, 2008
LocationArlington, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°24′55″N 71°9′12″W
Built1830
ArchitectUnknown
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
MPSArlington MRA
NRHP reference No.85001028 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 23, 1992

Built in 1830 in a Greek Revival/Federal style in a saltbox shape, the building houses the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum, and the Cutter Art Gallery as of 2012.[3] It originally was home to Jefferson Cutter, who was born in Arlington (then part of West Cambridge) in 1803.[3] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Dallin Art Museum". Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  3. Nicole Laskowski, "Jefferson Cutter House hits milestone," The Arlington Advocate, Dec 04, 2009 @ 06:30 AM, http://www.wickedlocal.com/arlington/news/x1758550556/Jefferson-Cutter-House-hits-milestone#ixzz2GlowFq5w


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