Opposition House

Opposition House is a historic double house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The two story hip-roofed wood-frame house was built in 1807 by Judge Francis Dana, who was seeking to prevent the laying of Harvard Street across his estate, making it a kind of spite house. Dana's efforts were unsuccessful; the road was routed around this house, which he had sited along the intended route. The house was moved to its present location in the 1860s. It is the oldest surviving house on Dana Hill.^[2]

Location2–4 Hancock Place,
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Coordinates42.369514°N 71.1068103°W / 42.369514; -71.1068103

Built1807

ArchitecturalstyleFederal

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Opposition House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	2–4 Hancock Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42.369514°N 71.1068103°W / 42.369514; -71.1068103
Built	1807
Architectural style	Federal
MPS	Cambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.	82001969[1]
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1982

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The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]