Jacob Manning House
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| Location | Reading, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°31′29.66″N 71°6′44.26″W / 42.5249056°N 71.1122944°WCoordinates: 42°31′29.66″N 71°6′44.26″W / 42.5249056°N 71.1122944°W |
| Built | 1877 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake |
| Governing body | Private |
| MPS | Reading MRA |
| NRHP Reference # |
84002745 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The Jacob Manning House is an historic house at 140 High Street in Reading, Massachusetts. Built in 1877 for garden nursery owner Jacob Manning, this 2.5 story wood frame house is an excellent local example of Stick style architecture. It has a steeply pitched roof, multiple gables, tall thin windows, and decorative half-timber woodwoork. The owner, Jacob Manning, owned one of the largest nurseries in the area, and was responsible for the landscaping of the Massachusetts pavilion at the 1893 Chicago World Fair.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Jacob Manning House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
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