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Thomas Cook House (Somerville, Massachusetts)

Greek Revival architecture in MassachusettsHouses completed in 1850Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Somerville, Massachusetts
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The Thomas Cook House is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. Built c. 1850, it is the only surviving Greek Revival farmhouse on the west side of the city, and a reminder of the area's agrarian past. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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Thomas Cook House (Somerville, Massachusetts)
College Hill Road, Somerville

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College Hill Road 34;36
02474 Somerville
Massachusetts, United States
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