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Otis Putnam House

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Otis Putnam House Worcester MA
Otis Putnam House Worcester MA

The Otis Putnam House is a historic house at 25 Harvard Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. Built in 1887 to a design by Fuller & Delano for a prominent local department store owner, it is a fine local example of Queen Anne architecture executed in brick. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It now houses offices.

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Otis Putnam House
Dix Street, Worcester

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Dix Street 1
01605 Worcester
Massachusetts, United States
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