W. A. Mason House

Coordinates: 42°23′9″N 71°7′35″W / 42.38583°N 71.12639°W / 42.38583; -71.12639
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W. A. Mason House
W. A. Mason House is located in Massachusetts
W. A. Mason House
W. A. Mason House is located in the United States
W. A. Mason House
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°23′9″N 71°7′35″W / 42.38583°N 71.12639°W / 42.38583; -71.12639
Arealess than one acre
Built1846
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.83000817 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1983

The W. A. Mason House is an historic house at 87 Raymond Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 2+12-story wood-frame house was built in 1846 and extended to the rear in 1867, giving it a T shape. Its massing is Italianate as are its decorative window hoods, but its corner pilasters give it a Greek Revival character. The main entrance is accessed through a single-story porch occupying the front crook of the T. W. A. Mason, for whom it was built, was a city surveyor who was responsible for surveying and platting a significant amount of the city in the 19th century.[2]

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 W. A. Mason House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-21.