Cambridge Time Machine: The House Called Glenburn
In 1830, Dr. Robert Tubman came into possession of Glasgow, and some time later he gave a portion of the tract, called Glenburn, to his son-in-law, Benjamin Gaither. The house built on the property, an example of late Federal-style architecture, originally faced south with the expectation that Travers Street would be extended. When the street […]
Cambridge Time Machine: The Muse House
Dr. James A. Muse erected the Greek Revival-style brick mansion at 111 High Street around 1850. Phillips Lee Goldsborough, later U. S. Senator and Governor, was born in it. The house was “victorianized” in 1884 by the addition of an elaborate scrollsaw porch, the roof of which has ornate wrought ironwork. The rear ell wing […]
Cambridge Time Machine: Algonquin
The stately late-19th century house at 7 Manito Drive in Cambridge, built by Paul Botticher for the Joseph Mundy family of New Jersey, is on land that was part of a 160-acre farm called Sandy Hill. It was originally a significant Native American settlement. When the property was purchased by US Senator Isidor Rayner (1850-1912), […]