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The Larches (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Coordinates: 42°22′35.7″N 71°8′32.7″W / 42.376583°N 71.142417°W / 42.376583; -71.142417
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The Larches
The Larches (Cambridge, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
The Larches (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
The Larches (Cambridge, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
The Larches (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′35.7″N 71°8′32.7″W / 42.376583°N 71.142417°W / 42.376583; -71.142417
Built1808
ArchitectAlexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr.
Architectural styleGeorgian
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.82001956[1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1982

The Larches is a historic house at 22 Larch Road in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This 2+12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1808, and originally stood on one of the last of Cambridge's large Brattle Street estates to be subdivided. It was moved to its present location in 1915, at which time it underwent renovations and alterations designed by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. The building's interior and exterior both retain significant Federal style detailing. The house was built by William Gray, a Salem merchant, as a summer house. Twentieth century owners included composer Randall Thompson.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

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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 The Larches". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-20.