| Rufus Lamson House | |
| Location: | 72–74 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | 42.3678°N -71.0938°W |
| Built: | 1854 |
| Architecture: | Greek Revival |
| Added: | April 13, 1982 |
| Mpsub: | Cambridge MRA |
| Refnum: | 82001955 |
Rufus Lamson House is a historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, a few blocks from the Lamson Place.
The house was apparently built and owned by Rufus Lamson (October 2, 1809 – July 13, 1879) and then inherited by his widow[1] Mary Jane Lamson (Butler) (1812–1885) whom he married[2] at Boston, on Thanksgiving Eve, 1832. Rufus Lamson was a stonemason and a large holder of real estate, known for his liberal treatment of the landlord and tenant relation. He was a member of the Universalist Church in Cambridge and served as an assessor for the city for twenty-two years.[3]
Rufus Lamson and his son, Rufus William Lamson (1833–1912) ran a firm Rufus Lamson & Son[4] that built many of the substantial brick structures now standing in Cambridgeport.
Asa Caleb Lamson (1848–1924), the youngest son of Rufus Lamson, has completed in 1908 a 5-story mansion located at 351 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, MA, called The Lamson,[5] presently[6] occupied by Lambda Phi chapter of Alpha Delta Phi of MIT.