Asa Gray House

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Asa Gray House
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Asa Gray House.
Location:	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates:	42°22′59″N 71°7′43″W / 42.38306, -71.12861Coordinates: 42°22′59″N 71°7′43″W / 42.38306, -71.12861
Built/Founded:	1810
Architect:	Town,Ithiel
Designated as NHL:	January 12, 1965
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966
NRHP Reference#:	66000655[1]
Governing body:	Private

The Asa Gray House is a historic house located at 88 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a National Historic Landmark.

The house was designed in 1810 by architect Ithiel Town in the Federal style for the first head of the Harvard Botanic Garden, and has been the residence of ornithologist Thomas Nuttall and botanist Asa Gray.

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