The Joseph Lovering House is an historic house located at 38 Kirkland Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′36.0″N 71°06′45.4″W / 42.376667°N 71.112611°W |
| Built | 1839 |
| Architect | Hastings, Oliver; Brooks, Luther |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Cambridge MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002076 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 12, 1986 |
Description
editThe 2+1⁄2-story Greek Revival wood-frame house was built in 1839 by Oliver Hastings, a high-profile local builder (whose own mansion is now a National Historic Landmark), in conjunction with Luther Brooks, owner of the next-door house. It was purchased in 1843 by Joseph Lovering, a math professor at Harvard University, and remained in his family until 1941. After serving for a number of years as part of a nursing home, the house was acquired by Harvard in 1961.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] It currently houses Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Joseph Lovering House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
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