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The '''Alexander Standish House''' is an [[historic home| historic house]] at 341 Standish Street in [[Duxbury, Massachusetts]]. It has been claimed that this house was built in 1666 by Alexander Standish (1626–1702), son of [[Mayflower Pilgrim]], Capt. [[Myles Standish]], but architectural analysis of the building suggests a mid-18th century construction date. Documentary evidence is also weak, suggesting that when the property passed to Alexander Standish's grandson in 1739, the house standing on it did not resemble this one. The house is a 1-1/2 story gambrel-roofed wood-frame structure, with five bays on the front facade and a central chimney, on which the date "1666" has been painted. It has been relatively little-altered since c. 1879, when a lithograph was made.<ref name=MACRIS>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=DUX.4|title=MACRIS inventory record for Alexander Standish House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2014-05-18}}</ref>
The '''Alexander Standish House''' is a [[historic home| historic house]] at 341 Standish Street in [[Duxbury, Massachusetts]]. It has been claimed that this house was built in 1666 by Alexander Standish (1626–1702), son of [[Mayflower Pilgrim]], Capt. [[Myles Standish]], but architectural analysis of the building suggests a mid-18th century construction date. Documentary evidence is also weak, suggesting that when the property passed to Alexander Standish's grandson in 1739, the house standing on it did not resemble this one. The house is a 1-1/2 story gambrel-roofed wood-frame structure, with five bays on the front facade and a central chimney, on which the date "1666" has been painted. It has been relatively little-altered since c. 1879, when a lithograph was made.<ref name=MACRIS>{{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=DUX.4|title=MACRIS inventory record for Alexander Standish House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2014-05-18}}</ref>


The house was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.<ref name="nris"/>
The house was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.<ref name="nris"/>

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Alexander Standish House
Alexander Standish House is located in Massachusetts
Alexander Standish House
Nearest cityDuxbury, Massachusetts
Built1666
ArchitectUnknown
Architectural styleNo Style Listed
NRHP reference No.78001407 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 12, 1978

The Alexander Standish House is a historic house at 341 Standish Street in Duxbury, Massachusetts. It has been claimed that this house was built in 1666 by Alexander Standish (1626–1702), son of Mayflower Pilgrim, Capt. Myles Standish, but architectural analysis of the building suggests a mid-18th century construction date. Documentary evidence is also weak, suggesting that when the property passed to Alexander Standish's grandson in 1739, the house standing on it did not resemble this one. The house is a 1-1/2 story gambrel-roofed wood-frame structure, with five bays on the front facade and a central chimney, on which the date "1666" has been painted. It has been relatively little-altered since c. 1879, when a lithograph was made.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Alexander Standish House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
Standish House, ca. 1875 print

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