Joseph Gardner House
Joseph Gardner House | |
Joseph Gardner House | |
| Location | 1205 Gardner's Neck Road, Swansea, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°43′7″N 71°12′15″W / 41.71861°N 71.20417°W |
| Built | 1795 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Swansea MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000076[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 16, 1990 |
The Joseph Gardner House is a historic house in Swansea, Massachusetts. The original five-bay block of this 1+1⁄2-story Cape style house was built c. 1795; it was expanded and converted for summer use c. 1877 during the rise of Gardner's Neck as a summer resort area. The Joseph Gardner, the builder was the grandson of Samuel Gardner, one of the early owners of the neck after its purchase from Native Americans.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Joseph Gardner House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved June 26, 2014.