Italianate houses in Reading
Italianate buildings have low roofs with wide bracketed eaves, tall narrow windows and heavy hoods over the openings. The style was common in American towns from the 1840s to the 1880s.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1802 to 1886. 10 stops, 1.9 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
- 1Dewey Place176 Summer Ave.Building · built 1853 · listed 1984start
- 2Durgin House66 Prospect St.Building · built 1873 · listed 19840.5 mi from stop 1
- 3Kemp Place186 Summer Ave.Building · built 1853 · listed 19840.1 mi from stop 2
- 4Kemp Barn186 Summer Ave.Building · built 1853 · listed 1984210 ft from stop 3
- 5Carter Mansion89 Woburn St.Building · built 1802 · listed 19840.4 mi from stop 4
- 6Rowhouses at 256-274 Haven Street256-274 Haven St.Building · built 1886 · listed 19840.3 mi from stop 5
- 7House at 322 Haven Street322 Haven St.Building · built 1882 · listed 1984358 ft from stop 6
- 8Octagon House97 Pleasant St.Building · built 1850 · listed 1984236 ft from stop 7
- 9House at 42 Salem Street42 Salem St.Building · built 1840 · listed 19840.1 mi from stop 8
- 10Alden Batchelder House797 Main St.Building · built 1849 · listed 19840.2 mi from stop 9
1.9 straight-line miles over 9 legs. Printed from registeratlas.com/tours/ma/reading/style-italianate/
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 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
- 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.
- Houses and mansions in Reading15 stops · 1.3 milesThe route links houses built between 1757 and 1920. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.