Parson Barnard House
Parson Barnard House | |
![]() HABS photo from the 1930s | |
Location | North Andover, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°41′21″N 71°07′03″W / 42.68911°N 71.11754°W |
Built | 1715 |
Part of | North Andover Center Historic District (ID79000336[1]) |
NRHP reference No. | 74000918[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 6, 1974 |
Designated CP | March 5, 1979 |
The Parson Barnard House is a historic late-First Period house at 179 Osgood Street in North Andover, Massachusetts. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1715 by Parson Thomas Barnard after his previous house burned down.[2] The house is one of the most important First Period houses in New England, due to its unique, transitional features and excellent state of preservation. For many years it was believed to be the home of colonial governor Simon Bradstreet and his wife Anne.
The house was purchased in 1950 by the North Andover Historical Society, and is open for tours seasonally. The property also includes a late 18th-century carriage house.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and included in the North Andover Center Historic District in 1979.[1][2]
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See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
- List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for Parson Barnard House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ "Parson Barnard House". North Andover Historical Society. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
External links
[edit] Media related to Parson Barnard House at Wikimedia Commons
- Houses in North Andover, Massachusetts
- Museums in Essex County, Massachusetts
- Historic house museums in Massachusetts
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Massachusetts
- Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts
- Essex County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- Massachusetts museum stubs