The Mark Temple House is a historic house in Reading, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story timber-frame house was built c. 1753 by Jonathan Temple, whose family lived all along Summer Street. In the 1850s "Uncle Mark" Temple, remodeled the Georgian style house into the Greek Revival style then still popular in Reading. Among his changes was to turn the original building 90 degrees and raise its foundation. Oscar Foote, a locally prominent real estate developer and businessman, bought the house in 1863.[2]

Mark Temple House
Mark Temple House
Mark Temple House is located in Massachusetts
Mark Temple House
Mark Temple House is located in the United States
Mark Temple House
Location141 Summer Avenue,
Reading, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′25″N 71°7′9″W / 42.52361°N 71.11917°W / 42.52361; -71.11917
Built1753
Architectural styleGeorgian
MPSReading MRA
NRHP reference No.84002838[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1984

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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Massachusetts

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Mark Temple House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-15.