Harlow Old Fort House

Harlow Old Fort House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Harlow Old Fort House in 2009
Location	Plymouth, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°57′7″N 70°39′26″W
Built	1677
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Gambrel Cape
NRHP reference No.	74001762
Added to NRHP	December 27, 1974

The Harlow Old Fort House is a historic First Period house at 119 Sandwich Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

History

Sergeant William Harlow built the house in 1677 using timbers from the Pilgrims' original fort on Burial Hill built in 1621–1622. Harlow received permission to use the timbers after the fort was torn down at the end of King Philip's War in 1677. The Harlow family owned the house for nearly 250 years until the Plymouth Antiquarian Society acquired the building and hired Joseph Everett Chandler to restore the plasterwork in the house. The Antiquarian Society opened it to the public in 1921. In 1974 the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The house is still open to the public and features seventeenth-century re-enactors.

Images

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  Burial Hill Fort, where some of the home's timbers may have come from
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  Fort recreation at Plimoth Plantation
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  Harlow House

See also

• Plymouth Village Historic District
• Sgt. William Harlow Family Homestead
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts

External links

• Harlow Family website
• Plymouth Antiquarian Society