Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson House
- Year
- 1880
- Style
- Queen Anne
- City
- Boston, MA
This Cambridge house was built in 1880 for Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the abolitionist, Union Army colonel, and author, who called it the first home he ever owned. Built in the Queen Anne style, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Higginson wrote to his sister shortly after moving in that it was "inexpressible happiness to have at last a permanent home."
the style
Queen Anne (c. 1875–1905): The exuberant Victorian: corner turrets, wraparound porches, spindle trim, and a different texture on every story.
More on Queen Annesignificance
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
nearby
- J.A. Noyes House
- Robert Frost House
- William Dean Howells House
- Asa Gray House
- Howe House
- Taylor Square Firehouse