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The Joseph Holmes House is an historic house at 144 Coolidge Hill Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The -story wood-frame house was built in 1801 by John Holmes, father of Joseph Holmes. It was originally located on Appian Way in
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, and was moved to its present location in 1929, at which time an ell was also added. It is a well-preserved yet unpretentious Federal-style house, a rarity in "Old Cambridge", where such houses were once quite common. This house is not particularly pretentious, with a five-bay facade and center entrance, and is set sideways on its narrow lot. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts This is a list of sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachuset ...


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