Capt. Nathaniel Parker Red House
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On the National Register since 1984

Parker, Capt. Nathaniel, Red House
Parker, Capt. Nathaniel, Red House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jul 19, 1984. It is significant for its town planning, commerce and architecture at the local level. Its architecture is described as Vernacular Georgian. It was listed as part of Reading MRA.
The Capt. Nathaniel Parker Red House is a historic house at 77–83 Ash Street in Reading, Massachusetts. It is a 2+1⁄2-story vernacular Georgian house, five bays wide, with entrances on its north and south facades. The southern entry is slightly more elegant, with flanking pilasters and a transom window. The house was built sometime before 1755, and was already a well-known landmark because it was (unusually for t…
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77–83 Ash St
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