Gen. Gideon Foster House

Gen. Gideon Foster House

General Gideon Foster House
Location Peabody, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°31′22″N 70°55′30″W / 42.52278°N 70.92500°W / 42.52278; -70.92500Coordinates: 42°31′22″N 70°55′30″W / 42.52278°N 70.92500°W / 42.52278; -70.92500
Built 1810
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Federal
Part of Washington Street Historic District (#85002380)
NRHP Reference #

76000287

[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 23, 1976
Designated CP September 12, 1985

The Gen. Gideon Foster House is a historic house at 35 Washington Street in Peabody, Massachusetts. The two story Federal style wood frame house was built in the early 1800s at a location on Main Street. The house was bought in 1815 by Gideon Foster, a local veteran of the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The house was later owned by Eben Sutton, a local textile manufacturer, who sold the house so that it could be moved to make way for a larger house on the same lot.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976,[1] and included in the Washington Street Historic District in 1985. It is the current home of the Peabody Historical Society, which acquired the property in 1916.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "MACRSI inventory record for Gen. Gideon Foster House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

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