The Homer-Lovell House is an historic house at 11 Forest Street, just outside Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The two story wood-frame house was built in two sections: the main block, a fine Second Empire house, was built in 1867, when the Porter Square area was growing as a residential area because of its train station. In the 1920s the house was extended to the rear and converted into a two-family. Many houses in the area underwent this sort of conversion, most losing their historical integrity. The main block has well-preserved Second Empire features, including extended eaves with brackets, and heavily decorated front portico and projecting bay window.[2]

Homer-Lovell House
Homer-Lovell House
Homer-Lovell House is located in Massachusetts
Homer-Lovell House
Homer-Lovell House is located in the United States
Homer-Lovell House
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′7.7″N 71°7′3.9″W / 42.385472°N 71.117750°W / 42.385472; -71.117750
Built1867
Architectural styleSecond Empire
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.83004030 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1983

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Homer-Lovell House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-19.