Miles Pratt House, Watertown

Name: Miles Pratt House
Address: Watertown, United States

#16 among attractions in Watertown

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The Miles Pratt House is a historic house in Watertown, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2 story wood-frame house was built sometime between 1860 and 1874, and is Watertown's finest surviving Italianate residence. It has wide eaves with paired brackets, and a front entry hood with arched pendants reminiscent of an Italian palazzo. Miles Pratt was the founder of the Walker and Pratt Company, manufacturer of stoves, furnaces, and heaters who prospered in the American Civil War, supplying the Union Army with ammunition and gun carriage castings. ()

Built: 1863 (161 years ago)Coordinates: 42°22'3"N, 71°10'49"W

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Watertown Town (Watertown West End)Watertown United States

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Miles Pratt House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Armenian Library and Museum of America, Arsenal Yards, Oakley Country Club, Jackson Homestead.

~1580 ftW
Specialty museum, Museum, Art museum
Armenian Library and Museum of America, Watertown
8 min walk • Armenian Museum of America, located in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States, is an institution that has the largest collection of Armenian artifacts in North America.
1.3 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Arsenal Yards, Watertown
33 min walk • Arsenal Yards is a mixed-use, smart growth development in Watertown, Massachusetts. The area is home to the original Arsenal Mall site, which is currently being redeveloped for Arsenal Yards.
0.7 miNE
Golf
Oakley Country Club, Watertown
19 min walk • The Oakley Country Club is a private 18 hole golf club located in Watertown, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1898 and has served Bobby Jones and Donald Ross.
1.1 miSW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Jackson Homestead, Newton
30 min walk • The Jackson Homestead, located at 527 Washington Street, in the village of Newton Corner, in Newton, Massachusetts, is an historic house that served as a station on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War.
1.1 miSE
Bridge
North Beacon Street Bridge, Boston
29 min walk • The North Beacon Street Bridge is a bridge carrying North Beacon Street over the Charles River between Watertown, MA and Brighton, Boston, MA. It was built in 1917.
1.1 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Evangelical Baptist Church, Newton
27 min walk • The Evangelical Baptist Church is an historic church located at 23 Chapel Street, in the village of Nonantum in Newton, Massachusetts.
0.9 miE
Performing arts
Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown
23 min walk • The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts is a community arts center located in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States, on the former property of the Watertown Arsenal.
1 miW
42°22'8"N • 71°11'56"W
The Plumbing Museum, Watertown
25 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
1.1 miSW
Church
Our Lady Help of Christians Historic District, Newton
30 min walk • Our Lady Help of Christians Historic District encompasses a complex of Roman Catholic religious buildings in the Nonantum village of Newton, Massachusetts. It includes four fine examples of brick Gothic Revival architecture: the church, convent, and rectory, as well as Trinity Catholic High School.
1.1 miW
Museum, History museum
Browne House, Watertown
28 min walk • The Abraham Browne House is a colonial house located at 562 Main Street, Watertown, Massachusetts, US. It is now a nonprofit museum operated by Historic New England and open to the public two afternoons per year.
~320 ftNW
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Edmund Fowle House, Watertown
2 min walk • The Edmund Fowle House is a historic house and local history museum at 28 Marshall Street in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1772, it is the second-oldest surviving house in Watertown, and served as the meeting place for the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in the first year of the American Revolutionary War.

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Which popular attractions are close to Miles Pratt House?

Nearby attractions include Edmund Fowle House, Watertown (2 min walk), Armenian Library and Museum of America, Watertown (8 min walk), Watertown Bridge, Watertown (9 min walk), Watertown Dam, Watertown (13 min walk).

How to get to Miles Pratt House by public transport?

The nearest stations to Miles Pratt House:

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Watertown Yard • Lines: 502, 504, 57 (9 min walk)
Galen St @ Boyd St • Lines: 502, 504, 57 (15 min walk)