| William Parker House | |
| Location: | Reading, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | 42.5098°N -71.1079°W |
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| Architect: | Willard P. Adden (1910) |
| Architecture: | Federal |
| Added: | July 19, 1984 |
| Mpsub: | Reading MRA |
| Refnum: | 84002791 |
The William Parker House is a historic house at 55 Walnut Street in Reading, Massachusetts. The -story wood-frame house was built, was expanded early in the 19th century into a two family residence, and converted back into a single family in the early 20th century. It is notable for its association with William Parker, a dissenter from the doctrines espoused by the local Congregational Church. In 1849 he joined with other members of his extended family in splitting the congregation.[1]
In 1910 the house was purchased by Walter Scott Hopkins, a Boston merchant. Hopkins hired a local architect, Willard P. Adden, to return the house to its original single-family configuration and restore and renovate the house for use as a family home. Hopkins only owned the house for a few years before selling it to Adden, though he too only lived there briefly, moving in 1918.[2] [3] Adden later moved to Woburn Street.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.