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Contrary to its name and the sign, which still stands despite the building having burned down in 1984, the site was never a toll house, and it was built in 1817, not 1709. The use of "toll house" and "1709" was a marketing strategy. [2] Ruth Wakefield cooked all the food served and soon gained local fame for her desserts.
There was a period of about 15 years when their house was the center of the writing life in Boston. Joe was the pillar, and Anne was the flame. Between the two of them they made a big difference in the life of the city." In 1973 they built a home in Truro, Massachusetts in the Outer Cape. [3] [4]
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Whitman House may refer to: Edward Fenns Whitman House , Boaz, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Marshall County Whitman-Cobb House , New Market, Alabama, NRHP-listed in Madison County
Truro / ˈ t r ɜːr oʊ / is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, comprising two villages: Truro and North Truro. Located slightly more than 100 miles (160 km) by road from Boston , it is a summer vacation community just south of the northern tip of Cape Cod , in an area known as the "Outer Cape". [ 1 ]
The major features of the district, which is centered on Highland Road east of US Route 6, are the Highland Light Station, the Highland House (now a museum), and the Highland Golf Links, one of the oldest golf courses on Cape Cod. [2] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1]
The First Congregational Parish Historic District encompasses the oldest church building in Truro, Massachusetts and adjacent historic resources. The congregation was established in 1711, and is now occupying its third church, a Federal/Greek Revival building erected in 1827.
The original five-bay section of the house was built c. 1764 by John Whitman, Jr., possibly on the site of an older 17th-century house. Whitman was a prominent landowner who was involved in petitions to separate West Hartford from Hartford, and was the brother of Sarah Whitman Hooker, whose house also still stands. The house was widened about ...