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Joseph Lovering House

Coordinates: 42°22′36.0″N 71°06′45.4″W / 42.376667°N 71.112611°W / 42.376667; -71.112611
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Joseph Lovering House
Joseph Lovering House is located in Massachusetts
Joseph Lovering House
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′36.0″N 71°06′45.4″W / 42.376667°N 71.112611°W / 42.376667; -71.112611
Built1839
ArchitectHastings, Oliver; Brooks, Luther
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.86002076 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 1986

The Joseph Lovering House is an historic house located at 38 Kirkland Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Description

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The 2+12-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

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References

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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 Joseph Lovering House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
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