House on Labor-in-Vain Road

	House on Labor-in-Vain Road
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Ipswich, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°40′40″N 70°48′22″W / 42.67778°N 70.80611°W
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Colonial
MPS	First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No.	90000234
Added to NRHP	March 9, 1990

The House on Labor-in-Vain Road is a historic house in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The late First Period house is located on Labor-in-Vain Road, at the end of a long private lane, on a sizable estate. The main part of the wood frame house is 2.5 stories with a central chimney. This section shows details of construction that contain both First Period and early Georgian features, such as a turned staircase railing, and shares features in common with the nearby Smith House on Argilla Road. There have been three major additions: the first, in 1810, add a wing to the left side of the house. A full leanto was added to the house rear around the turn of the 20th century, and another extension was added on the rear, probably when the house was used as clubhouse for a golf club that occupied the estate.^[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]