Joseph Lovering House

The Joseph Lovering House is an historic house located at 38 Kirkland Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Joseph Lovering House
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′36.0″N 71°06′45.4″W
Built1839
ArchitectHastings, Oliver; Brooks, Luther
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.86002076 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 1986

Description

The 2 12-story Greek Revival wood-frame house was built in 1839 by Oliver Hastings, a high-profile local builder (whose own mansion is now a National Historic Landmark), in conjunction with Luther Brooks, owner of the next-door house. It was purchased in 1843 by Joseph Lovering, a math professor at Harvard University, and remained in his family until 1941. After serving for a number of years as part of a nursing home, the house was acquired by Harvard in 1961.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] It currently houses Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

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