William Murphy House
William Murphy House | |
| Location | 97 Sewall Avenue, Brookline, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°20′30″N 71°7′0.3″W / 42.34167°N 71.116750°W |
| Built | 1886 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| MPS | Brookline MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85003303[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 17, 1985 |
The William Murphy House is a historic house located in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Description and history
This 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1886 by Waldo Stearns, and is a well-preserved local example of a Queen Anne Victorian. It was purchased in 1930 by Doctor William Parry Murphy, who shared the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a cure for pernicious anemia.[2] (The home of one of Murphy's corecipients, Dr. George Minot, is also located in Brookline, and is a National Historic Landmark.)
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 17, 1985.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "MACRIS inventory record for William Murphy House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 20, 2014.