Capt. Nathaniel Parker Red House

	Capt. Nathaniel Parker Red House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Reading, Massachusetts
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Built	1765
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Georgian, Other
MPS	Reading MRA
NRHP Reference #	84002772
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1984

The Capt. Nathaniel Parker Red House is a historic house at 77-83 Ash Street in Reading, Massachusetts. It is a 2-1/2 story vernacular Georgian house, five bays wide, with entrances on its north and south facades. The southern entry is slightly more elegant, with flanking pilasters and a transom window. The house was built sometime before 1765, and was already a well-known landmark because it was (unusually for the time) painted, and served as a tavern on the coach road. The house remained in the hands of militia captain Nathaniel Parker and his descendants into the late 19th century. The construction of the Andover Turnpike (now Main Street) in 1806-07, bypassing its location, prompted a decline in the tavern's business.^[2]^[3]

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

References

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↑ Howard, Loea Parker. Parker Tavern: Being an Account of a Most Interesting House Built by Abraham Bryant in 1694, Together with Some Facts About Early Owners, Reading Antiquarian Society, Reading, MA, 1930.