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| Location | 29 Follen St., Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′44.6″N 71°07′16″W / 42.379056°N 71.12111°W / 42.379056; -71.12111 |
| Built | 1837 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Part of | Follen Street Historic District (ID86001681) |
| MPS | Cambridge MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000793 1 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1983 |
| Designated CP | May 19, 1986 |
Cloverden is an historic house at 29 Follen Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, two asymmetrically placed chimneys, and clapboard siding. A single-story porch extends across the front, supported by Doric columns. The Greek Revival house was built in 1837.2
The house served as bachelor housing for Harvard University faculty in the 1850s, and was known as a center of hospitality where "the famous 'Roman Banquet' was given", according to William Watson Goodwin.3 Prominent occupants include geology professor Josiah Dwight Whitney, and Mary Mann, the mother of education reform proponent Horace Mann.2
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.1
See also
See also
References
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- "MACRIS inventory record for Clover Den". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
- "Song for Hard Times", Harvard Magazine, May–June 2009