Word: disrepair
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Dates: during 1912-1912
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...leaving this house. Some of the presidents who succeeded him resided outside of Cambridge, so the Dunster house was afterwards either unoccupied or let out for rental. President Chauncey, the second president, lived on his own estate, and during the terms of his successors the Dunster house fell into disrepair. President Mather (1692-1701) was requested to take up permanent residence in Cambridge and the Dunster house was repaired for his use in 1700. It was torn down while President Leverett was in office...