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	Durgin House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Durgin House
Location	Reading, Massachusetts
Built	1872
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Italianate
MPS	Reading MRA
NRHP reference No.	84002574
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1984

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The Durgin House is a historic house at 66 Prospect Street in Reading, Massachusetts. Built in 1872 by Boston businessman William Durgin, this 2.5 story wood frame house is one of the finest Italianate houses in the town. It follows a cross-gable plan, with a pair of small side porches and bay windows on the main gable ends. The porches are supported by chamfered posts on pedestals, and feature roof lines with a denticulated cornice and brackets. The main roof line also features paired decorative brackets. There are round-headed windows in the gable ends.^[2]

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

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "NRHP nomination for Durgin House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-20.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Durgin House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-20.

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+The '''Durgin House''' is a historic house at 66 Prospect Street in [[Reading, Massachusetts]].  Built in 1872 by Boston businessman William Durgin, this 2.5 story wood frame house is one of the finest Italianate houses in the town.  It follows a cross-gable plan, with a pair of small side porches and bay windows on the main gable ends.  The porches are supported by chamfered posts on pedestals, and feature roof lines with a denticulated cornice and brackets.  The main roof line also features paired decorative brackets.  There are round-headed windows in the gable ends.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=REA.146|title=NRHP nomination for Durgin House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2014-02-20}}</ref>
-'''Durgin House'''  is a historic house at 66 Prospect Street in [[Reading, Massachusetts]].
+The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1984.<ref name="nris"/>
+==See also==
+*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts]]
+*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts]]
-It was built in 1872 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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+{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}
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+[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts]]
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