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House at 79–81 Salem Street

Coordinates: 42°31′35″N 71°5′56″W / 42.52639°N 71.09889°W / 42.52639; -71.09889
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House at 79–81 Salem Street
House at 79–81 Salem Street
House at 79–81 Salem Street is located in Massachusetts
House at 79–81 Salem Street
House at 79–81 Salem Street is located in the United States
House at 79–81 Salem Street
Location79–81 Salem Street,
Reading, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′35″N 71°5′56″W / 42.52639°N 71.09889°W / 42.52639; -71.09889
Built1845
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
MPSReading MRA
NRHP reference No.84002676[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1984

The House at 79–81 Salem Street, also known as the Samuel Allen House, in Reading, Massachusetts was a modest Greek Revival two-family cottage. The wood-frame house was built sometime between 1830 and 1854 was a typical vernacular Greek Revival house, with a five-bay facade and a paired central entrance. When the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, the two entrances were flanked by pilasters supporting an unusually tall entablature;[2] the house was later covered in synthetic siding, and a projecting portion at the top of the entablature was removed. The structure was completely torn down in 2021 for new construction.

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for House at 79-81 Salem Street". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-21.