CORNELL- UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FINE ARTS LIBRARY NA 7210.161'™""""""'""-"'"^ lllliilmm"^ houses of New England, W- ''^ \ 3 1924 014 759 033 law^ : DUE m^ ^ ^""'^ inm^H^I^^ *^'' 1 GAYLORO B Cornell University fj Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924014759033 INTERESTING HOUSES OF NEVv^ ENGLAND From Oriainml^Jioioaraphs ^\ BURROUGHS d COMPANY BOSTON C-IB15. C. a. WEBSTER a CO.. BOSTON his Collection of Illustrations of Artistic Historic Houses is offered in tte tope that it will be appreciated hy all lovers of Our Cliaracteristic New Eng- land as well as those interested in the Preservation of lier Antiquiti e s . l£-«iJ WAYSIDE INN— SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS. Where First Were Heard the "Tales of a Wayside Inn." TAP-ROOM, WAYSIDE INN— SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS. Copyright, Albert Hale, 1D12. PIERCE-LITTLE GARRISON HOUSE, NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS. Copyiight. Albert Hale. 1912. COFFIN HOUSE— OLD NEWBURY, MASSACHUSETTS. Copyright, Albert Hale, iHU. SHORT HOUSE— OLD NEWBURY, MASSACHUSETTS. Oopyriglit, Albert Hale, 1912, NOYES HOUSE— OLD NEWBURY, MASSACHUSETTS. THE PAGE HOUSE— DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS. Here a Famous Tea Party Was Held on the Roof in Revolutionary Times. KING-HOOPER HOUSE—DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS. The Home of Governor Gage in 1774. HOME OF REBECCA NURSE, DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS. She Was Executed as a Witch in Salem In 1692. BIRTHPLACE OF GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM— DAN VERS, MASSACHUSETTS. 10 HOME OF ANNE BRADSTREET—ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS. Wife of Governor Bradstreet. 11 THE ABBOTT HOUSE— ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS. 12 CLARK-HANCOCK HOUSE— LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Here John Hancock and Samuel Adams Were Sleeping the Night Before the Battle of Lexington. 13 KITCHEN, CLARK-HANCOCK HOUSE— LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U BED ROOM OF THE CLARK-HANCOCK HOUSE— LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 16 ^fci "' 1 ^/■^r^^r^y^ 'HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES"— SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS. This Is the Original of Nathaniei Hawthorne's Story. J6 JOHONNET-NICHOL® HOUSE-wSALEM, MASSACHUSETTS. This Is Considered IVIaci ■ ":rfe■SGS*»,,•^»L.■^iii: KITCHEN OF THE LEE MANSION— MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS. 50 THE MOLL PITCHER HOUSE— MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS The Home of a Revolutionary Heroine. 51 THE TUCKER HOUSE— MARBLEH EAD, MASSACHUSETTS. 52 THE ADAMS HOUSES— QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS. Here Were Born John Adams and John Quincy Adams, His Son, Both Presi- dents of the United States. 53 KITCHEN OF THE JOHN ADAMS BIRTHPLACE-QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS. 14 EDMUND QUINCY HOUSE— QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS. The Birthplace of His Daughter, Dorothy Quincy, Wife of John Hancocl<. 55 SHIP CHURCH— HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS. Erected in 1681 and So Called Owing to the Ship's Connpass Painted in the Belfry. This is the Oldest Church in America Still in Use. 5« HOME OF MYLES STAN Dl SH— DUXBU RY, MASSACHUSETTS. 57 HOME OF JOHN A L DE N — D UX BU R Y. MASSACHUSETTS. 58 MERIAM'S CORNER— CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS. Here the British and Minute Men Met the Day of the Concord Fight, April 19, 1775. WAYSIDi— CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS. Where Nathaniet Hawthorne Lived from 1852 to 1864. 60 THE OLD MANSE— CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS. Here Was Written Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Mosses from an Oid Manse.' 61 HOME OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON— CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 62 HOME OF EPHRAIM BULL— CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS. Where the Concord Grape Oi"lglnated. 63 THE HOSMER HOUSE— CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS. 64 ORCHARD HOUSE— CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS. The Home of Louisa May Alcott. 65 JONES HOUSE— CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS. In this House Is a Bullet Hole Made on the Day of the Concord Fight. 66 WHITTIER HOUSE— HAVERHILL. MASSACHUSETTS. The Birthplace of John Greenleaf Whittier. 67 COUNCIL CHAMBER, OLD STATE HOUSE— BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 6S INTERIOR OF FANEUIL HALL— BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. The Cradle of Liberty. 69 JOHN-CARTER-BROWN HOUSE— PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. 70 THE JACKSON HOUSE— PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. 71 HOME OF JOHN PAUL JONES— PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. 72 GOVERNOR LANGDON HOUSE— PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. 73 THE WARNER HOUSE^HSStSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. The Lightning Rod on the Side of this House Was Placed there by Benjamin Franklin. 74 FORT McCLARY— KITTERY, MAINE. 75 THE OLD JAIL— YORK, MAINE. Erected About 1670. 76 THE MACKINTYRE-GARRISON HOUSE— YORK, MAINE. 77 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MASSACHUSETTS. WAYSIDE INN— SUDBURY TAP-ROOM, WAYSIDE INN— SUDBURY PIERCE. LITTLE GARRISON HOUSE— NEWBURYPORT COFFIN HOUSE— OLD NEWBURY SHORT HOUSE— OLD NEWBURY NOYES HOUSE— OLD NEWBURY THE PAGE HOUSE— DANVERS KING-HOOPER HOUSE— DANVERS HOME OF REBECCA NURSE— DANVERS .... BIRTHPLACE OF. GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM— DAN VERS HOME OF ANNE BRADSTREET— AN DOVER THE ABBOTT HOUSE— ANDOVER CLARK-HANCOCK HOUSE— LEXINGTON .... KITCHEN, CLARK-HANCOCK HOUSE— LEXINGTON BED ROOM OF THE CLARK-HANCOCK HOUSE— LEXINGTON HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES— SALEM JOHONNET-NICHOLS HOUSE— SALEM EMMERTON HOUSE— SALEM CUSTOM HOUSE— SALEM ANDREWS-SAFFORD HOUSE— SALEM SALEM CLUB— SALEM BIRTHPLACE OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE— SALEM ASSEMBLY HALL— ®ALEM TIMOTHY PICKERING HOUSE— SALEM .... THE PRATT HOUSE— CHELSEA THE CARY MANSION— CHELSEA THE RAY HOUSE— DEERFIELD THE ELMS AND FRARY HOUSES— DEERFIELD ... HOME OF CAPTAIN ISAAC DAVIS— ACTON THE ROYALL HOUSE— MEDFORD THE CRADOCK HOUSE— MEDFORD THE TUFTS HOUSE— SOMERVILLE THE OLD ABBEY— LEOMINSTER THE TORY HOUSE— TOWNSEND HARBOR .... THE GROTON INN— GROTON COFFIN HOUSE— NANTUCKET FAIRBANKS HOUSE— DEDHAM KITCHEN OF THE PARSON-CAPEN HOUSE— TOPSFIELD WHIPPLE HOUSE— IPSWICH Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 MASSACHUSETTS. KITCHEN OF THE WHIPPLE HOUSE— IPSWICH THE HARRINGTON HOUSE— LEXINGTON .... BUCKMAN TAVERN— LEXINGTON .... MUNROE TAVERN— LEXINGTON OLD BELFRY— LEXINGTON .... HOME OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL— CAMBRIDGE . BIRTHPLACE OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES— CAMBRIDGE HOME OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW— CAMBRI DGE CHRIST CHURCH— CAMBRIDGE THE LEE MANSION— MARBLEHEAD KITCHEN OF THE LEE MANSION— MARBLEHEAD THE MOLL PITCHER HOUSE— MARBLEHEAD . . . . THE TUCKER HOUSE— MARBLEHEAD THE ADAMS HOUSES— QUINCY KITCHEN OF THE JOHN ADAMS Bl RTHPLACE— QUINCY EDMUND QUINCY HOUSE— QUINCY SHIP CHURCH— HINGHAM HOME OF MYLES STANDISH— DUXBURY HOME OF JOHN ALDEN— DUXBURY MERIAM'S CORNER— CONCORD WAYSIDE— CONCORD THE OLD MANSE— CONCORD HOME OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON— CONCORD HOME OF EPHRAIM BULL— CONCORD THE HOSMER HOUSE— CONCORD ORCHARD. HOUSE— CONCORD JONES HOUSE— CONCORD WHITTIER HOUSE— HAVERHILL COUNCIL CHAMBER, OLD STATE HOUSE— BOSTON INTERIOR OF FANEUIL HALL— BOSTON JOHN-CARTER-BROWN HOUSE— PROVIDENCE, R. I. THE JACKSON HOUSE— PORTSMOUTH, N. H. HOME OF JOHN PAUL JONES— PORTSMOUTH, N. H. GOVERNOR LANGDON HOUSE— PORTSMOUTH, N. H. THE WARNER HOUSE— PORTSMOUTH, N. H. . FORT McCLARY— KITTERY, MAINE THE OLD JAIL— YORK, MAINE THE MACKINTYRE-GARRISON HOUSE— YORK, MAINE Page 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 C. B WEBBTER * CO.. BOSTON.