{{short description|Historic house in Massachusetts, United States}} {{distinguish|Gershom Durgin House|E. A. Durgin House}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Durgin House | nrhp_type = | image = Durgin House, Reading MA.jpg | caption = Durgin House | location = 66 Prospect Street,<br/>Reading, Massachusetts | coordinates = {{coord|42|31|20|N|71|7|12|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Massachusetts#USA | area = | built = 1872 | architect = | architecture = Italianate | added = July 19, 1984 | mpsub = Reading MRA | refnum = 84002574<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref> }}
The '''Durgin House''' is a historic house in Reading, Massachusetts. Built in 1872 by Boston businessman William Durgin, this {{frac|2|1|2}}-story wood-frame house is one of the finest Italianate houses in the town. It follows a cross-gable plan, with a pair of small side porches and bay windows on the main gable ends. The porches are supported by chamfered posts on pedestals, and feature roof lines with a denticulated cornice and brackets. The main roof line also features paired decorative brackets. There are round-headed windows in the gable ends.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=rea.146|title=NRHP nomination for Durgin House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-02-20}}</ref>
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.<ref name="nris"/>
==See also== *National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts *National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Category:Houses completed in 1872 Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Reading, Massachusetts Category:1872 establishments in Massachusetts
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