Alvah Kittredge House | |
Location: | 12 Linwood Street, Boston, Massachusetts |
Coordinates: | 42.3297°N -71.0939°W |
Built: | 1836 |
Architecture: | Greek Revival |
Added: | May 8, 1973 |
Refnum: | 73000855 |
Nrhp Type2: | cp |
Nocat: | yes |
Designated Nrhp Type2: | February 22, 1989 |
Partof: | Roxbury Highlands Historic District |
Partof Refnum: | 89000147 |
The Alvah Kittredge House is an historic house in the highlands of the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The -story Greek Revival mansion was built in 1836 for Alvah Kittredge, a leading real estate developer of the time. It was originally located at the site of the Roxbury Low Fort, a defensive earthworks of the American Revolutionary War, and was moved to its present site after 1896. It was the home of noted Boston architect Nathaniel J. Bradlee for 30 years.[1]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and designated a Boston Landmark[2] by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 2016.[3]