Capt. Gamaliel Bradford House | |
Location | 942 Tremont St., Duxbury, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°2′18″N 70°41′22″W / 42.03833°N 70.68944°W |
Built | 1807 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 78001402 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 17, 1978 |
The Capt. Gamaliel Bradford House is a historic house in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Built in 1807, the house is locally distinctive for its brick side walls and monitor section above the hip roof. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
The Captain Gamaliel Bradford House stands in the central eastern part of Duxbury, on the west side of Tremont Street ( Massachusetts Route 3A), south of Harrison Street and north of Duxbury Town Hall. It is a 2+1⁄2-story frame structure, roughly square in plan, with a hip roof topped by a square monitor section. It is finished in clapboards, except for the sidewalls, which are brick, and is set with a side facing the street. The main facade, facing north, is three bays wide, with a center entrance sheltered by a Doric porch. A similar but simpler entry is located on the south-facing rear facade. The interior of the house follows a typical central hall plan, and retains original period wood paneling. A two-story addition projects west of the main block, behind the rear entry. The property also includes a 19th-century barn and a small cottage, built about 1840 out of materials salvaged from a nearby church. [3]
The house was built in 1807 for Gamaliel Bradford, member of a prominent local family. A ship's captain, he served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and later served as a trustee of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The United States Navy destroyer USS Bradford is named in his honor.
Capt. Gamaliel Bradford House | |
Location | 942 Tremont St., Duxbury, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°2′18″N 70°41′22″W / 42.03833°N 70.68944°W |
Built | 1807 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 78001402 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 17, 1978 |
The Capt. Gamaliel Bradford House is a historic house in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Built in 1807, the house is locally distinctive for its brick side walls and monitor section above the hip roof. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
The Captain Gamaliel Bradford House stands in the central eastern part of Duxbury, on the west side of Tremont Street ( Massachusetts Route 3A), south of Harrison Street and north of Duxbury Town Hall. It is a 2+1⁄2-story frame structure, roughly square in plan, with a hip roof topped by a square monitor section. It is finished in clapboards, except for the sidewalls, which are brick, and is set with a side facing the street. The main facade, facing north, is three bays wide, with a center entrance sheltered by a Doric porch. A similar but simpler entry is located on the south-facing rear facade. The interior of the house follows a typical central hall plan, and retains original period wood paneling. A two-story addition projects west of the main block, behind the rear entry. The property also includes a 19th-century barn and a small cottage, built about 1840 out of materials salvaged from a nearby church. [3]
The house was built in 1807 for Gamaliel Bradford, member of a prominent local family. A ship's captain, he served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and later served as a trustee of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The United States Navy destroyer USS Bradford is named in his honor.