Dewey Place | |
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| Location | 176 Summer Avenue, Reading, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°31′20.67″N 71°7′1.8″W / 42.5224083°N 71.117167°W |
| Built | 1853 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate |
| MPS | Reading MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002567[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
Dewey Place is a historic house in Reading, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built c. 1853 by John Mansfield, a shoe manufacturer, in what was then a popular upper-class neighborhood of the town. The house as classic Italianate design, with three bays across the front and a cupola (a somewhat common Italianate feature in Reading houses of the period). The front porch appears to be a 20th-century alteration. The house's most prominent owner was Francis O. Dewey, a major dealer in glass lantern globes.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
