House at 199 Summer Avenue

The House at 199 Summer Avenue in Reading, Massachusetts is designated as historic. The original two-and-a-half-story house was designed by architect Horace G. Wadlin and built in 1878 for Robert Kemp, leader of the popular Old Folks Concerts. The house was the second in Reading that Kemp had built; the first also is still standing.

House at 199 Summer Avenue
House at 199 Summer Avenue is located in Massachusetts
House at 199 Summer Avenue
House at 199 Summer Avenue is located in the United States
House at 199 Summer Avenue
LocationReading, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°31′15.94″N 71°7′0.64″W
Built1878
ArchitectWadlin, Horace G.
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Tudor Revival
MPSReading MRA
NRHP reference No.84002667[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1984

Originally built in the Second Empire style with a mansard roof, the house was extensively altered in the 1890s, when its mansard roof was removed and Tudor Revival styling was added.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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