Ahearn House and Summer House
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| location | Wellfleet , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 57 '33 " N , 70 ° 2' 42" W | ||
| surface | 6.3 acres (2.5 ha ) | ||
| Built | circa 1817 | ||
| Architectural style | Federal style | ||
| NRHP number | [1] 84000575 | ||
| The NRHP added | November 21, 1984 | ||
The houses Ahearn House and Summer House (also David Curran House and Daniel Lombard House ) are two residential buildings in Wellfleet in the state of Massachusetts of the United States , known collectively as the monuments in the 1984 National Register of Historic Places in the database. The Summer House is an outbuilding on the property of the main house. The property with the buildings is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore .
architecture
The main building was built around 1817 on 6.3 acres (2.5 hectares ) of land. It has a story and a half and a wooden framework that rests on a brick foundation. The roof is covered with wooden shingles. The outer walls, clad with wooden boards, are framed by a cornice , which was added with new beams, probably in the middle of the 19th century.
The outbuilding also dates from the 19th century and was originally used as a workshop - probably for the manufacture of shoes. Like the main building, it is made of wood and has an attached shed, which was added in the mid-20th century.
history
On December 8, 1817, Daniel Lombard purchased the property from Isaac Pierce. In 1851 he sold it "together with the house, outbuildings, fruit trees and a fence surrounding the property" to Justin Williams, who came from Wellfleet. It remained in the Williams family well into the 20th century before it was acquired by Joseph Ahearn, after whom it is named today. The main house is also known as the David Curran House , but it has been proven that David Curran, born in 1785, never actually lived there.
Historical meaning
The appearance of Ahearn House , both inside and out, is largely the same as it was originally, making it one of the least modified buildings owned by the National Park Service . It represents the typical 19th century architecture of the residential buildings on Cape Cod , whose origins go back to the 17th century. The same applies to the neighboring Summer House .
See also
literature
- Purcell, Helen G .: MACRIS Inventory Record. ( PDF ) Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System, March 1984, accessed on October 6, 2015 (English, accessible via the "INV" button).
- Whatley, Michael E .: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. ( PDF ) National Park Service , March 22, 1984, accessed October 6, 2015 .