William Murphy House

William Murphy House
Location Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°20′30″N 71°7′0.3″W / 42.34167°N 71.116750°WCoordinates: 42°20′30″N 71°7′0.3″W / 42.34167°N 71.116750°W
Built 1886
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Queen Anne
Governing body Private
MPS Brookline MRA
NRHP Reference #

85003303

[1]
Added to NRHP October 17, 1985

The William Murphy House is a historic house at 97 Sewall Ave. in Brookline, Massachusetts. This 2-1/2 story wood frame house was built in 1886 by Waldo Stearns, and is a well-preserved local example of a Queen Anne Victorian. It was purchased in 1930 by Doctor William Parry Murphy, who shared the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a cure for pernicious anemia.[2] (The home of one of Murphy's corecipients, Dr. George Minot, is also located in Brookline, and is a National Historic Landmark.)

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for William Murphy House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-20.