The Gray House was designed in 1810 by architect Ithiel Town, whose earliest known work it is. It was built for the zoologist William Dandridge Peck, and originally stood at the corner of Garden and Linnaean Streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the grounds of the Harvard College Botanical Garden. Subsequent occupants included botanist Thomas Nuttall and Harvard presidents James Walker and Jared Sparks.
The Gray House, designed by Ithiel Town in 1810, was built for William Dandridge Peck, a zoologist, and originally stood at the intersection of Garden and Linnaean Streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the grounds of Harvard College Botanical Garden. It later housed botanists Thomas Nuttall and Harvard presidents James Walker and Jared Sparks.