{"nrhp_refnum":"83000796","name":"cummings, e.e., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"104 Irving St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.37439591700007,"lon":-71.11051861299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-06-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame Colonial Revival house at 104 Irving Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1893 to designs by Walker & Kimball for Prof. and Mrs. Edward E. Cummings.","why_significant":"The house is significant mainly for its association with the poet e.e. cummings, who was born there in 1894 and lived there until he graduated from Harvard. It is also noted for its architectural quality as a Colonial Revival building. The form states it meets criteria A and C, and the federal reviewer accepted it for its association with cummings (Criterion B).","narrative":"Built in 1893 at 104 Irving Street in Cambridge, this wood-frame house was the childhood home of poet e.e. cummings. His father, Prof. Edward Cummings, a Harvard educator and pastor, commissioned it from the firm Walker & Kimball. The poet was born there in 1894 and lived in the house until he graduated from Harvard College, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1915 and his master's in 1917. He later described it as a solidly built mansion with a large oval lawn and a white-pine hedge, and he lived there with his parents, sister, grandmothers, an aunt, an uncle and several servants. The Colonial Revival design includes one-over-one windows, a dentil cornice with a broad frieze, three pedimented dormers with paired windows, and a balustrated entry portico with urns and Tuscan columns. The house has not been altered or moved and remains residential. It was listed chiefly for its link to cummings, with architectural quality as a secondary reason.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Walker & Kimball","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is residential, the same as its original use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:56.656853-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/7904/63790488/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/83000796.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000796/a1501a3404-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000796/a1501a3404-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CambridgeMA_EECummingsHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CambridgeMA_EECummingsHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63790488","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5321597"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/cummings-e-e-house-83000796/"}