[1] The Damon house is set on the north side of South Street in a residential area of southwestern Reading.

Facing south, it is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, clapboard siding, granite foundation, and twin interior chimneys.

[2] The house was built sometime before 1754 by Joseph Damon, and a portion was inherited by his son Jabez.

The saltbox form, while typical in New England, was unusual in Reading, where framed extensions are more often found in houses of this period.

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