Gen. Gideon Foster House
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Gen. Gideon Foster House | |
![]() General Gideon Foster House | |
Location | 35 Washington Street, Peabody, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°31′22″N 70°55′30″W / 42.52278°N 70.92500°W |
Built | 1810 |
Architectural style | Federal |
Part of | Washington Street Historic District (ID85002380) |
NRHP reference No. | 76000287[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 23, 1976 |
Designated CP | September 12, 1985 |
The Gen. Gideon Foster House is a historic house in Peabody, Massachusetts. The two story Federal style wood-frame house was built in the early 1800s at a location on Main Street. The house was bought in 1815 by Gideon Foster, a local veteran of the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The house was later owned by Eben Sutton, a local textile manufacturer, who sold the house so that it could be moved to make way for a larger house on the same lot.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976,[1] and included in the Washington Street Historic District in 1985. It is the current home of the Peabody Historical Society, which acquired the property in 1916.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "MACRSI inventory record for Gen. Gideon Foster House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
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Categories:
- Houses in Peabody, 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
- Federal architecture in Massachusetts
- History of Peabody, Massachusetts
- Essex County, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- Massachusetts museum stubs