Atwood, Ephraim, House
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The Ephraim Atwood House is an historic house at 110 Hancock Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1839, it is a significant local example of transitional Greek Revival/Gothic Revival architecture, and one of the earliest houses built after the subdivision of Dana Hill. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 1983. The Ephraim Atwood House stands in the Dana Hill area of Cambridge, between Central Square and Harvard Square north of Massachusetts Avenue. It is set on the east side of Harvard Street, opposite its junction with Centre Street, and is oriented facing south. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. The roof extends over a shallow front porch for its full five-bay width, supported by Doric columns which have trellis lattices between some pairs. The main entrance is at the center of the main block, which is extended to the east by an enclosed porch. The gable rake edges are adorned with jigsawn bargeboard, a detail repeated on the gabled dormers piercing the roof. The area was historically the estate of jurist Francis Dana, which was divided among his heirs after his death. The main mansion was sold out of the family at that time, and burned down in 1839, spurring family members to sell buildable lots from their holdings. This house and the nearly identical house next door were both built in 1839. They exhibit fairly typical modest Greek Revival elements, but also include early examples of Gothic detailing in the bargeboard, and in an applied-wood Gothic arch over the window in the street-facing gable end. Sara Foster Colburn House, a slightly later and richer example of Gothic Revival on Dana Street National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Atwood, Ephraim, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 29, 1983.
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Atwood, Ephraim, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
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