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The house is the simplest of the three designed by Bulfinch for Otis. The design is said to be inspired by a
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house that Bulfinch saw in 1789 in Philadelphia, which was in turned derived from a house in
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National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Contributing Property

Harrison Gray Otis
First Harrison Gray Otis House is located in Boston
First Harrison Gray Otis House is located in Massachusetts
First Harrison Gray Otis House is located in the United States
Boston, Massachusetts
42°21′40.75″N 71°3′52.38″W / 42.3613194°N 71.0645500°W / 42.3613194; -71.0645500
Beacon Hill Historic District
ID66000130
70000539
historic house museum
National Historic Landmark
West End
Boston, Massachusetts
first of three houses
Charles Bulfinch
Harrison Gray Otis
Federal style of architecture
Robert Adam
Historic New England
William Bingham
London
string courses
Palladian window
lunette
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

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