Houses and mansions in Reading
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Reading register is houses than any other kind of building, 67 listings of it in all.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1757 to 1920. 15 stops, 1.3 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Ephrain Weston House224 West St.Building · built 1800 · listed 1984start
- 2Roberts House59 Prospect St.Building · built 1911 · listed 198465 ft from stop 1
- 3House at 26 Center Avenue26 Center Ave.Building · built 1865 · listed 19840.1 mi from stop 2
- 4Hall, Stephen, House64 Minot St.Building · built 1850 · listed 19840.1 mi from stop 3
- 5House at 199 Summer Avenue199 Summer Ave.Building · built 1878 · listed 19840.1 mi from stop 4
- 6Parker, Capt. Nathaniel, Red House77-83 Ash St.Building · built 1765 · listed 1984347 ft from stop 5
- 7Brande House54 Woburn St.Building · built 1889 · listed 19840.2 mi from stop 6
- 8Carter Mansion89 Woburn St.Building · built 1802 · listed 19840.1 mi from stop 7
- 9Joseph Temple House42 Chute St.Building · built 1872 · listed 1984146 ft from stop 8
- 10Wendell Bancroft House20 Washington St.Building · built 1867 · listed 19840.1 mi from stop 9
- 11Francis Brooks House78-80 Prescott St.Building · built 1887 · listed 19840.2 mi from stop 10
- 12Charles Wells House99 Prescott St.Building · built 1894 · listed 1984328 ft from stop 11
- 13Edwin Bassett House115 Prescott St.Building · built 1850 · listed 1984240 ft from stop 12
- 14Brackett House276 Summer Ave.Building · built 1920 · listed 1984405 ft from stop 13
- 15Eaton-Prescott House284 Summer Ave.Building · built 1757 · listed 1984137 ft from stop 14
1.3 straight-line miles over 14 legs. Printed from registeratlas.com/tours/ma/reading/function-houses/
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 15 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Reading
- Italianate houses in Reading10 stops · 1.9 milesItalianate buildings have low roofs with wide bracketed eaves, tall narrow windows and heavy hoods over the openings. The Reading examples on this route went up between 1802 and 1886.
- Queen Anne houses in Reading10 stops · 1.9 milesQueen Anne is a late Victorian manner of irregular plans, steep roofs, turrets, bay windows and wrapping porches. The Reading examples on this route went up between 1831 and 1895.
- Greek Revival houses in Reading10 stops · 2.1 milesGreek Revival buildings carry low pitched gables, heavy cornices and columned porticoes modelled on Greek temples. The Reading examples on this route went up between 1757 and 1865.