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Listed at 403 Linebrook Rd; this is a 17th-century barn that was converted to a house in 1948. 19: Ipswich Mills Historic District: Ipswich Mills Historic District: August 22, 1996 : Roughly bounded by Union St., Boston and Maine railroad tracks, and the Ipswich River
The John Whipple House is a historic colonial house at 1 South Green in Ipswich, Massachusetts.Built in the seventeenth century, the house has been open to the public as a museum since 1899 and was the subject of some of the earliest attempts at the preservation of colonial houses.
The Isaac Goodale House is a historic house in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Built about 1700, the house has many original First Period elements, despite its relocation to its present location in 1928. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, [ 1 ] and is the subject of a preservation easement held by the Ipswich ...
Some of the more interesting houses include that of John Caldwell, built c. 1660 on the site of Governor Simon Bradstreet's original 1630s house, the c. 1770s town jail, which was converted into a Greek Revival house in the 19th century, and the c. 1727 house of Reverend Nathaniel Rogers. One of the more unusual later buildings included on the ...
Hart House is a historic First Period colonial house at 51 Linebrook Road in Ipswich, Massachusetts. A dendrochronology survey in 2007 proved that the earliest portion of the "Hart" house dates to 1680 when it was built by a newly married Samuel Hart, a tanner.
The centerpiece of the district is the green itself, and its most notable associated property is the John Whipple House, a National Historic Landmark and museum. The district boundaries extend from the junction of South Main and Elm Streets, southward past the green to where County Road ( Massachusetts Route 1A ) crosses Saltonstall's Creek.
The house was extensively damaged by fire in 1998, and underwent a meticulous restoration by its owners, using period building techniques and salvage materials from 18th and 19th-century buildings. The building is the subject of a preservation easement held by the Ipswich Historic Commission. [3]
The Wade House is a historic house in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story gambrel-roofed central chimney house was built in 1792 by Francis Merrifield, Jr. It was acquired in 1827 by Mary Wade, daughter of local Revolutionary War soldier Nathaniel Wade.