Asie Swan House
Appearance
Asie Swan House | |
Location | Methuen, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°44′26″N 71°10′1″W / 42.74056°N 71.16694°W |
Built | 1720 |
Architect | Unknown |
Architectural style | Colonial, Other |
MPS | Methuen MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 84002437 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 20, 1984 |
The Asie Swan House is a historic house at 669 Prospect Street in Methuen, Massachusetts. Built c. 1720, it is one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is a 1-1/2 story frame house, five bays wide, with clapboard siding, central chimney, and granite foundation. Its central entrance is flanked by sidelight windows. The house originally stood at a location on Prospect Hill in what is now Lawrence, where it was used for the first town meetings beginning in 1726. It was moved in 1808 to its present location.[2]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Methuen, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Asie Swan House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-06.