William Murphy House

William Murphy House
William Murphy House is located in Massachusetts
William Murphy House
William Murphy House is located in the United States
William Murphy House
Location97 Sewall Avenue,
Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′30″N 71°7′0.3″W / 42.34167°N 71.116750°W / 42.34167; -71.116750
Built1886
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSBrookline MRA
NRHP reference No.85003303[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 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

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for William Murphy House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-20.


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