Pierce-Hichborn House
| Pierce-Hichborn House | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
| National Historic Landmark | |||
.jpg) The house in 2005 |
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| location | Boston , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 21 '49.5 " N , 71 ° 3' 21.2" W | ||
| Built | 1711 | ||
| Architectural style | Georgian | ||
| NRHP number | 68000042 | ||
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| The NRHP added | November 24, 1968 | ||
| Declared as an NHL | November 24, 1968 | ||
The Pierce-Hichborn House (fully Moses Pierce-Hichborn House ) is a building erected in 1711 in the Boston borough of North End in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . It was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark in 1968 and is now operated as a museum by the Paul Revere Memorial Association . The neighboring Paul Revere House and gardens are also located on the property .
architecture
The three-story house was built in 1711 in North Square from brick in the English Association and externally corresponds to an early form of Georgian architecture . It has a rectangular floor plan and faces south. At the beginning of the 19th century, a two-story extension was added to the west end of the building.
Historical meaning
The Pierce-Hichborn House is believed to be the second oldest building in Boston and also has the oldest hipped roof in the city, possibly even in the entire former British colonies. The name goes back to Moses Pierce, who worked as a craftsman glazier and received the property from his mother, whose father was the builder of the Paul Revere House John Jeffs. Pierce designed the blueprints for the house and lived there until 1747 when it was passed on to William Shippard. In 1781 it was acquired by Nathaniel Hichborn, a cousin of Paul Revere .
In the second half of the 19th century it fell into disrepair and eventually became a tenement . Extensive restorations were carried out in the 1950s, during which around 85 percent of the building structure had to be replaced. However, emphasis was placed on maintaining the historical character of the house. In today's museum, items on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston are on display.
See also
- List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in northern Boston
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Boston
literature
- Polly M. Rettig, Charles W. Snell: Pierce-Hichborn House. (PDF) National Park Service , United States Department of the Interior , December 5, 1975, accessed September 12, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Massachusetts. National Park Service , accessed August 12, 2019.
- ↑ a b c cf. Rettig / Snell, p. 2.
- ↑ cf. Rettig / Snell, p. 3.