Dana-Palmer House
Dana-Palmer House is located in Massachusetts
Dana-Palmer House
Dana-Palmer House is located in the United States
Dana-Palmer House
Location12–16 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′22.8″N 71°6′52.8″W / 42.373000°N 71.114667°W / 42.373000; -71.114667
Built1822
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.86001682[1]
Added to NRHPMay 19, 1986

The Dana-Palmer House (also known as Dana-Peabody House)[2] is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The two-story wood-frame house was built in 1823, and is basically Federal in its styling, although it has a Greek Revival porch. The house was built on land belonging to the Dana family, and was occupied by Richard Henry Dana, Sr. among others, before its acquisition by Harvard University in 1835. From 1839 to 1843 the building was used as Harvard's first astronomical observatory, before being converted for use as a residence for William Cranch Bond, the observatory's director.[2] One of its residents of long tenure was George Herbert Palmer, who lived there for nearly forty years; others include Andrew Preston Peabody and William James.[3] In 1947 the house was moved from the site where Lamont Library currently sits to its present location across Quincy Street,[3] and alterations made for its astronomical uses were reversed.[4]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] Today, Dana-Palmer House is home to Harvard's department of comparative literature.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dana Palmer". Harvard Property Information Resource Center. Harvard University. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Historic Dana-Palmer House Will Be Moved Across Quincy Street". The Harvard Crimson. January 15, 1947. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  4. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for Dana-Palmer House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-09.


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