Hooper-Lee-Nichols House

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The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House is one of the oldest surviving residences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, notable for its early 18th-century architecture and long association with prominent local families.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
historic house
museum
architecturalStyle Colonial architecture
First Period architecture
Georgian architecture
associatedWith Hooper family
Nichols family
prominent Cambridge families
builtFor Dr. Richard Hooper
city CAMBRIDGE
surface form: Cambridge
completionDate circa 1685
country United States of America
surface form: United States
function educational programs venue
exhibition space
hasEra Colonial period
hasFeature central chimney
clapboard siding
ell additions
five-bay facade
hasModification 18th-century alterations
19th-century alterations
20th-century restorations
hasNumberOfStories 2.5
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Brattle Street
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
West Cambridge
location Cambridge, Massachusetts
maintainedBy Cambridge Historical Society
material wood
namedAfter Hooper family
Nichols family
NRHPContributingPropertyTo Brattle Street Historic District
NRHPType contributing property
openToPublic yes
ownedBy Cambridge Historical Society
partOf Brattle Street Historic District
region New England
roofType gambrel roof
significance example of early 18th-century New England domestic architecture
one of the oldest surviving houses in Cambridge, Massachusetts
state Massachusetts
streetAddress 159 Brattle Street
usedAs headquarters of the Cambridge Historical Society
historic house museum

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